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Originally Posted by Undertoad
This state was going to elect any Democrat rather than Specter primary candidate Pat Toomey, and it will elect Specter as a Democrat over Toomey in 2010.
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Unfortunately that says much about the voters. Too many now vote party lines rather than see the whats and whys that make a good politician. Moderates (such as this author who is independent) cannot vote for Specter (or anyone else) in primary elections. Therefore those who are Specter's greatest supporters cannot help him.
Arlen Specter is a conservative moderate. So close to being a centrist as to be hated by the Republican party's right wing power brokers.
Those outside America have no appreciation of how many times Arlen Specter stood up against efforts to pervert the American Constitution. He has done so by making stands against members of both parties. He did this at great political risk because he put America ahead of the Republican party. So the Republican party hates him. A good Republican is expected to put the party agenda first; American principles second. In the Senate, few have done more to promote America and protect Constitutional guarantees even when it risks his political career.
The man is a thinker first, party member second. He will probably be just as ornery as a Democrat. Good is to remind both parties who they are supposed to work for.