babylonsister
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Fri May-01-09 05:20 PM
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Sen. Specter 2001 Rule to Prevent Party Switching |
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http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library...After Senator Jeffords left the Republican Party in 2001, Senator Specter spoke in the Senate and proposed a rule change to prevent senators for switching parties.
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Fri May-01-09 05:27 PM
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1. This could end up being his un-doing in the next election |
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Fri May-01-09 05:49 PM
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2. Why would that be? His arguments seemed pretty valid under the circumstances. |
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He tried to convince Jeffords not to leave and was unsuccessful. He also added that he too was approached by Dems into switching parties and turned them down at the time. In the eight years that followed he has come to a different conclusion.
I don't see this as shocking at all.
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Fri May-01-09 05:52 PM
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4. "I propose a rule change that would prohibit a Senator from changing parties in |
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mid session."
It shows him as not making a change for principle but out of political self interest only.
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Fri May-01-09 05:50 PM
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3. "I have delayed expressing these thoughts (in order) . . . to avoid saying something I would regret" |
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Well Arlen you didn't wait quite long enough, did you.
This will kill him in the election and the Democrats have no alternative to defeating him in the primary, he is unelectable.
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Fri May-01-09 06:38 PM
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5. Maybe not unelectable, but he is everything I despise in a politician. |
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Fri May-01-09 07:05 PM
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6. Spoken like a politician |
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I don't really know what to think of Specter. I don't see any long-term benefits for the Democrats; I could be wrong.
I wish there were laws on how Congress is elected that would be more in the interest of constituents, and less in the self-interest of the politician. Public financing, and term limits would be a start. These politicians seem to actually believe they are entitled to the job. Look at Lieberman - the Democratic voters took him out in the primary, so he makes up his own party to run in the general. What a racket!
At least the Jefford's switch to Independent was idealogical, and not a means to just keep what he believed was his entitlement.
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Fri May-01-09 07:23 PM
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7. What he meant was,.... |
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Edited on Fri May-01-09 07:25 PM by burning rain
party switches that deprive Arlen Specter of the benefits of majority-party status ought not be allowed. Our senior senator firmly believes in an Arlen-centric solar system.
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Fri May-01-09 07:26 PM
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8. I actually think that's a very accurate conception of what he what he was really trying to say. |
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Fri May-01-09 08:45 PM
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9. If he votes for healthcare, he will have served his purpose... |
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Then we can elect a better democrat to the seat.
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