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04-29-2009, 10:53 AM #11
I couldn't agree more with you Grim. Term limits would allow for guys to get in and do some work rather than worry about job preservation. When someone is primarily concerned about keeping their job it's hard to focus on other tasks. Plus since it's a "Good Old Boys" club for the most part, guy are more likely to toe the line as to not end up on the outside circle from their collegues.
As far as switching affiliations, I'd really don't see how that's possible. People voted him in as an Rep so he should stay a Rep. However, if he wants to vote outside of the standard Republican stances that is fine. I actually prefer people that don't just vote all one way or the other. It shows that they can see things from different sides and doesn't believe that one side has all the answer.
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04-29-2009, 10:59 AM #12
That's a very good point...the people voted for a Republican Senator, how can he just decide he's now going to be Democrat. The electorate should have some say in this.
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04-29-2009, 12:26 PM #13
Traitor
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04-29-2009, 12:32 PM #14
Self preservation. That is all. He is what is wrong about politics.
Although I can't stomach his politics I admire and respect Sen Kennedy because he stands for what he stands for, not what popular opinions tell him st stand for.
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04-29-2009, 06:42 PM #15
"Ultimately, we're heading to having the smallest political tent in history, the way events have been unfolding. If the Republican Party fully intends to become a majority party in the future, it must move from the far right back toward the middle." — Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
Who cares if he is switching parties, it doesn't mean he is going to jump on the Democrat bandwagon and do what they all do. He probably has the same ideals as he did before, and that's why he got nominated.
Has anyone stopped to think the reason why he is switching parties is for the exact reason he said? I know a lot of you think it's not possible for a politician to be honest, but maybe that is whats going on.
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04-29-2009, 07:09 PM #16
I'm fine with Specter leaving the GOP, if he wants to be conservative under Reagan (which was very conservative), then flip to liberal while Obama is president (who is very liberal), that just shows how much of a "flip-flopper" he is. He obviously doesnt care about which letter his behind his name, as long as he gets re-elected, I hope it doesnt work for him.
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04-29-2009, 07:57 PM #17
I agree!
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05-06-2009, 10:26 AM #18
Senate strips Specter of seniority after party switch
Arlen Specter was in the driver’s seat when the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the two newest Supreme Court justices back in 2005, but the Pennsylvania senator won’t be front and center next time.
Specter jumped from the Republican party to the Democratic party last week, putting the Democrats within reach of a 60-seat “supermajority” that could make it all but impossible for Republicans to block Democratic legislation.
On Tuesday the Senate confirmed that the party switch dropped him to the bottom of the heap in terms of seniority.
That means he will be the very last to speak when the Judiciary Committee questions President Barack Obama’s yet-to-be-named nominee to replace Justice David Souter — after even Sen. Ted Kaufman of Delaware, who has been a senator for all of four months.
Back of the line, buddy!
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05-06-2009, 03:48 PM #19
And now this:
Specter: Democratic leader promised me seniority
The Democratic leader in the Senate promised Sen. Arlen Specter he would retain his seniority when he jumped from the Republican to the Democratic party, Specter told CNN Wednesday, but faced "pushback" from other Democratic senators.
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Originally Posted by GrimUSMC 
