With Toomey Senate Run, Will Specter Become a ‘D’?…
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Switching parties is an option and I'm sure Arlen will coyly bargain his way over to the D label with Harry Reid having to pay a high price.
Its one of Specter's options for survival.
Seems to me it's his only option for survival.
I'm not so sure. The Dems plan to mount a challenge to Specter as it is.
With the numbers that the Dems have in the Senate, he may be greeted as warmly as Joe Lieberman. They may just figure that one of their own will be more reliable and with no 'reward' necessary.
You may be right. Allyson Schwartz has been mentioned as a contender. Solid D……..no bribe necessary……….Bright……articulate……….hard to beat. Seems to me she proposed some additional regulation life insurance companies (or was it auto?)……..and at the time, it struck me as necessary. She and Herb Dennenberg (Former Commissioner of Insurance) were working on it together. Herb has an ascerbic, laser-sharp wit. http://www.thedenenbergreport.org/
Gosh I hope he does switch to D. The R's don't want him.
It's possible that Specter's YES vote for the "stimulus" package was the price of admission to the Democratic caucus…
Polman makes me grind my molars.
He refers to a bill "making it easier to unionize"; but we refer to that same bill as revoking the right to a secret vote.
Polman has it exactly backwards. Not only is card check unpopular in rural PA, it's also unpopular in the suburbs. White collar yuppies are aware what the unions did to Detroit, and they want no part.
Finally, Philadelphia trade unions have a long and sordid history of racism. Don't expect the black ministers to do what the union thugs demand.