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Senator Arlen Specter, Republican from Pennsylvania, has not always followed the Republican Party line as he enters his 29th year in the Senate.
By Michael Thompson | Published 2/9/2009
In a move that brings Democrats closer to having the 60 votes needed to protect against the dreaded filibuster, longtime Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has announced that he is switching parties and becoming a Democrat.
By Hartley Engel | Published 4/28/2009
Today, Senator Arlen Specter announced that he was switching parties from Republican to Democrat. This means he won't run against Pat Toomey in the 2010 Republican primary.
By Carly Hart | Published 4/28/2009
Now I won't have to temporarily change parties so I can vote for Arlen Specter in next year's primary.
By Patricia Sicilia | Published 5/1/2009
It is true that Arlen Specter is one of the more liberal-minded Republicans in the Senate House.
By Kim Yvette Stanley | Published 5/4/2009
An overview of how Arlen Specter has voted in the past, and how he his recent shift of parties may affect his voting in the senate.
By Sam Snyder | Published 5/10/2009
Arlen Specter announces that after 29 years as a Republican, he's switching parties.
By David Dierking | Published 4/29/2009
Just some thoughts I have around Senator Arlen Specter and politics in general
By J. Campbell | Published 4/29/2009
If switching political parties needed a poster boy, Arlen Specter would qualify.
By Anthony Ventre | Published 4/30/2009
Arlen Specter has changed parties after serving as a Republican Senator for almost thirty years. What does this mean for the Republican Party?
By Rachel Port, aka ramara | Published 5/5/2009
Arlen Specter, the Senator from Pennsylvania who recently switched from Republican to Democrat, was the latest politician to be the center of attention of a spirited Congressional town hall on the subject of health care reform.
By Mark Whittington | Published 8/11/2009
I'm curious to see how Senator Arlen Specter feels about President Obama's proposed health care initiatives. Here's what I learned from watching Specter's Town Hall Meeting today....
By Anthony Ventre | Published 8/11/2009
As of now, it seems that Senator Arlen Specter's leaving the Republican Party for the Democratic Party was a wise move in an overall moderate Democratic state. But now there are members of the left out to hold Specter's feet to the fire.
By Sean Bracken | Published 6/11/2009
Senator Arlen Specter leaves the Republican party, because he was forced out from the right wing of the party.
By Joseph B. Grohol Jr | Published 4/29/2009
Arlen Specter still favored to win Democratic primary despite some likely opposition.
By Tyler Mills | Published 5/2/2009
A Pennsylvanian's view on Senator Arlen Specter's party change.
By A. L. Nolan | Published 4/29/2009
Here is a consideration of Arlen Specter's recent move from the Republican to the Democratic party.
By vivereque | Published 5/5/2009
With 2010 staring Arlen Specter in the face he plans to run for re-election.
By Tyler Mills | Published 11/21/2008
The stimulus package may finally be ready to go in front of the Senate, as some final compromises were made with opposing Senators last night. Arlen Specter was among those finally won over, despite remaining objections to the bill.
By Robert Dougherty | Published 2/7/2009
An overview of the album "The Very Best of the Harold Arlen Songbook" by Ella Fitzgerald
By Sherrill Fulghum | Published 11/8/2008
An overview of the career path of Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter.
By AmyMcClair | Published 3/17/2008
A personal assessment of the leadership and performance of Senator Arlen Specter who has just switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party.
By Waddell Robey | Published 5/1/2009
A look at the voting record and stance on issues of Senator Arlen Specter.
By Drew Dungan | Published 7/18/2007
Eric Holder was deputy attorney general eight years ago when he recommended that departing President Bill Clinton could pardon the shady husband of a big contributor. Arlen Specter asks why.
By Michael Thompson | Published 1/15/2009
Republicans feel that senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, are traitors to the anti-economic stimulus cause.
By Michael Thompson | Published 2/11/2009
Arlen Specter, the fifth most senior Republican in the Senate, has left the Republican party.
By Matt Terzi | Published 5/4/2009
Arlen Specter, senior Senator from Pennsylvania, has announced that he will switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party and will run as a Democrat in the 2010 election. The attitude of most Republicans is: Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
By Mark Whittington | Published 4/28/2009
Senator Arlen Specter announced today that he was leaving the Republican party that he has been a part of for nearly 30 years and becoming a Democrat.
By Elizabeth Brown | Published 4/28/2009
Pork Barrel Spending: Sen. Arlen Specter Joins "Bacon of the Month Club"
By Gary Davis | Published 3/17/2009
Barack Obama's first 100 days marks a paradigm shift from corporate greed and political cronyism to focus on the American people.
By Ms Read Dorrit | Published 4/28/2009
This is my opinion about Specter becoming a Democrat and siding with Obama.
By Irene Randall | Published 4/29/2009
Stay away Specter, especially now that you are a democrat.
By Jacob Horn | Published 7/28/2009
Barack Obama and his liberal allies want to provide health care for all Americans. Many Americans are very upset at this idea. Town halls meetings across the country are giving a pretty good idea of what many Americans think.
By Jay Braun | Published 8/19/2009
"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary." Specter announced his defection with the admission that he had more in common with the Democratic Party than with the party he has been a part of for decades.
By Saul Relative | Published 4/28/2009
I apologize to the Kucinich and Paul fans out there, but your buddies drive me nuts. I know I have some awesome friends who support them both, as misguided as that may be (:
By Tyler Mills | Published 12/29/2009
This is an article on the NFL and Senator Spectors desire for an Investigation into "Spygate."
By Rolando Cruz | Published 2/1/2008
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, in his annual State of the League Address, has once more brought up the issue of "spygate." Political pressure and involvement, as with the steroid controversy in Major League Baseball, has become common in sports.
By Saul Relative | Published 2/1/2008
Judiciary Committee must be bored
By Tyler Mills | Published 2/1/2008
A Senate inquiry into Spygate really makes no sense.
By Steve Helmer | Published 5/14/2008
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