Do we have any assurances at all that Specter won't just switch back after winning in 2010?
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Tue Apr-28-09 03:56 PM
Do we have any assurances at all that Specter won't just switch back after winning in 2010?
He said himself he is only doing this because he can't get elected any other way. Once the motive for the switch is gone (getting elected), what keeps him in the Democratic Party?
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Tue Apr-28-09 03:58 PMOriginal message
1. That would be a dumb move if he did. The Dems will keep the senate in '10 and may even add a couple
of seats. So why would he want to move from a party with 60-62 Senators and choice committee assignments/chairmanship to a party with 38-40 Senators and a hard right tone which will carry a grudge against him?
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Tue Apr-28-09 03:59 PMReply #1
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:00 PMOriginal message
3. Could be more than a couple.
There are five open seats and a couple vulnerable Republicans.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:01 PMOriginal message
4. Let's call this "The Single Douchebag Theory."
Edited on Tue Apr-28-09 04:01 PM by Ian David
I don't trust him either.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:02 PMOriginal message
5. There's "never" any assurances
Anyone could switch parties at any time. I doubt Specter will though. He was pushed out just like Jeffords was.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:07 PMOriginal message
6. I don't want to seem paranoid but...
however dumb this might sound, his move might be a result of a new republican strategy to infiltrate the democratic party with one of their own.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:10 PMOriginal message
7. Did you notice, perhaps, how VERY bitter he is toward Republicans?
I doubt he'd give them water in the desert right now.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:10 PMOriginal message
8. Did you notice, perhaps, how VERY bitter he is toward Republicans?
I doubt he'd give them water in the desert right now.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:14 PMOriginal message
9. let's enjoy the moment - we still don't have all the dem votes
we conservative dems who want to do in this country too
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:16 PMOriginal message
10. He doesn't have any assurances that he'll win the Democratic primary, either.
He'll have to vote the way Democratic primary voters want him to vote if he want's to get past that, now. I'm happy. :)
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:18 PMOriginal message
11. He will be a VERY senior Democratic Senator with plum chairmanship assignments
Edited on Tue Apr-28-09 04:19 PM by WeDidIt
no way does he go back after he already burned those bridges.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:41 PMOriginal message
12. The Republicans have been SH*TTING on him for a long time now - Most people saw this coming
Michael Steele threatened him.
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Tue Apr-28-09 04:43 PMOriginal message
13. Well I guess we should check to make sure he doesn't have stockholm syndrome
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