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excon · Apr 30, 2009, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by dapixman

Word is that he was going to lose his senate seat by a superior Democratic candidate in the next election.

Hello dap:

Actually, he was going to lose in the Republican primary to a right winger. He'll WIN the general election against that same guy. That's because the people who voted for him before, will vote for him again. They're Democrats now, too.

The Republicans have one thing to be happy about. Their party is getting purer and purer, and they love it!

excon

N0help4u · Apr 30, 2009, 04:27 PM

Yep Pat Toomey over Snarlin Arlen any day!

tomder55 · Apr 30, 2009, 04:47 PM

Harry Reid, in his effort to suck Specter's toes, promised him that he would retain leadership if he jumped parties.

This has upset many a Dem Senator who were in line for senior assignments and will get bumped in favor of Specter's preferences . There could be lingering resentment against Reid long after Specter loses in either a Democrat primary ,or head to head against Toomey. Specter may wish he had done what Leiberman did .

speechlesstx · Apr 30, 2009, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by tomder55

Harry Reid, in his effort to suck Specter's toes, promised him that he would retain leadership if he jumped parties.

This has upset many a Dem Senator who were in line for senior assignments and will get bumped in favor of Specter's preferences . There could be lingering resentment against Reid long after Specter loses in either a Democrat primary ,or head to head against Toomey. Specter may wish he had done what Leiberman did .

Yep, and all his recent donors are demanding their money back.

speechlesstx · May 1, 2009, 08:44 AM

LOL, as Allapundit said, "You know what would be really awesome? Having Cheney endorse him a week before election day. Comedy gold."

speechlesstx · May 5, 2009, 02:14 PM

The Dems are about to get a taste of Snarlin' Arlen, he's pulling for Coleman to win.

N0help4u · May 5, 2009, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by speechlesstx

Yep, and all his recent donors are demanding their money back.

LOL they should have known better no matter what party he had claimed to be.
ALL I can say is GOOD RIDIANCE ! ITS about time!

speechlesstx · May 6, 2009, 07:49 AM

How's that switch workin' out for you Arlen?

The Senate dealt a blow tonight to Sen. Arlen Specter's hold on seniority in several key committees, a week after the Pennsylvanian's party switch placed Democrats on the precipice of a 60-seat majority.

In a unanimous voice vote, the Senate approved a resolution that added Specter to the Democratic side of the daïs on the five committees on which he serves, an expected move that gives Democrats larger margins on key panels such as Judiciary and Appropriations.

But Democrats placed Specter in one of the two most junior slots on each of the five committees for the remainder of this Congress, which goes through December 2010. Democrats have suggested that they will consider revisiting Specter's seniority claim at the committee level only after the midterm elections next year.

"This is all going to be negotiated next Congress," Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), said tonight.

Specter's office declined to comment.

Without any assurance of seniority, Specter loses a major weapon in his campaign to win reelection in 2010: the ability to claim that his nearly 30 years of Senate service places him in key positions to benefit his constituents.

Tonight's committee resolution, quickly read on the Senate floor by Reid himself, contradicts Specter's assertion last Tuesday when he publicly announced his move from the Republican side of the aisle. He told reporters that he retained his seniority both in the overall chamber and in the committees on which he serves. Specter said that becoming chairman of the Appropriations Committee was a personal goal of his, one that would be within reach if he were granted his seniority on the panel and placed as the third-most senior Democrat there.

Specter, if granted seniority, would also be next in line to chair the Judiciary Committee behind the current chairman, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.).

Without that seniority, though, Specter, 79, would not even hold an appropriations subcommittee chairmanship in 2011, a critical foothold Specter has used in the past to disperse billions of dollars to Pennsylvania.

Too funny. Specter immediately took the lead in the polls over his former Republican challenger by switching - unless Ridge decides to jump in - and Rep. Joe Sestak is inclined more than ever to run against him for his seat. Welcome to the fold Arlen.

spitvenom · May 6, 2009, 08:14 AM

Oh man if Ridge runs (I have no doubt he would win the primary) Specter doesn't stand a chance.

tomder55 · May 6, 2009, 02:08 PM

Ridge is one of the Republicans that the media loves... when they are out of power or not a threat. Like MCcain he is the quintessential "moderate " that gets on all the talk shows . But ,put in the Bush administration he was that fascist running the Dept of Homeland security scaring the beegeezus out of us with orange alerts. Out of power he returned to the rational voice of moderation.

The same thing happened to McCain. When he was a gadfly moderate giving Bush fits he was beloved by the media . Once he was the candidate ;he was an extreme Bush clone. Now that he's been defeated and is a member of that group of Republicans trying to make the party into Democrat lite, he is again in favor.

This is what I predict will happen . The press will champion Ridge if he takes on Toomey . But if he secures the Republican nomination he will be vilified by the same press.

speechlesstx · May 6, 2009, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by tomder55

This is what I predict will happen . The press will champion Ridge if he takes on Toomey . But if he secures the Republican nomination he will be vilified by the same press.

Without a doubt.

N0help4u · May 6, 2009, 03:26 PM

Ridge is as bad a joke as Arlen.

I heard today on the noon news that he lost his senority when he changed and the Dems promised him he would not lose his senority...
:) :)

ETWolverine · May 7, 2009, 09:41 AM

Yep. It's hard to argue that you are the best candidate for the job because of your seniority if you don't have that seniority.

Serves the SOB right.

tomder55 · May 8, 2009, 02:29 AM

As IBD said today ;Before you sell your political soul you had best read the fine print Specter Clouseau.

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Specter Clouseau

Leviston · May 8, 2009, 03:23 AM

He just went from being the most unpredictable republican vote to the most unpredictable democratic vote now

N0help4u · May 8, 2009, 05:19 AM

... and the Dems seem to be sinking his ship now.

tomder55 · May 8, 2009, 07:12 AM

Dem .Rep. Joe Sestak,a former Navy vice admiral, said he's seriously considering challenging Specter in the Dem Penn primary next year .

Bwaaahaaaahaaaahaaaaaaa!!

Benedict Arlen is toast !

Ps AP is reporting the Ridge will not challenge Toomey.

speechlesstx · May 9, 2009, 08:26 AM

Not only is there the threat of a Sestak challenge, MoveOn is flexing their muscles:

MoveOn moves against Specter