Is Arlen Specter a Democrat or a Republican??

[kentuck]

I know he switched Parties because he thought he could not win the Republican primary. Does that make him a Democrat? Or does his record define himself as a Democrat? Or is he still a Republican with a "D" by his name? Would you vote for him?

[DJ13]

1. Yes

He's whatever it takes to win reelection.

In other words, he's a typical politician.

[bemildred]

2. He's a party of one, like Holy Joe.

We have the Specteran party and the Lieberman party, and the future probably holds more or the same, freelancers out for their own self-interest.

[emulatorloo]

5. Specter called out several Repubs to their faces when they lied about HCR.

You did not see Liebermann doing that.

[bemildred]

9. That's true, they aren't identical.

Specter is for Specter, and Lieberman is for Lieberman, not the same thing at all.

[Dappleganger]

3. He's a Spectercrat...

he does whatever is right for him to stay in office.

And no, I wouldn't vote for him because of his history.

[polichick]

4. Wasn't he also a Dem before he was a Republican? nt

[rpannier]

17. Yep

[itsrobert]

6. Unreccing. He declared himself a Democrat and the DNC agrees.

That's good enough for me.

[SB37]

10. Great point!

God forbid we actually think for ourselves!

[rpannier]

18. In honor of your unrec I rec'd it

The guy is an opportunist.
His move to the left only came about when Sestak came along
He was one of the reasons that I listed on my "Why I won't give you money" when the DNC tried to get donations from me.
Same with the DSCC

I donated to Sestak. I donated to Halter.

[Fuzz]

7. Hopefully he's out in the primary.

[rucky]

8. His voting record seems okay.

at least we don't hear about him pulling a Baucus/Lincoln/Nelson

[rpannier]

12. His voting record only became o.k. when Sestak became his opponent

[rucky]

19. wasn't that right after he switched?

[rpannier]

20. Specter switched

End of April

Sestak entered about a month later

Since that time Specter has back-tracked on positions he took in support of the Bush administration and most tellingly, he now endorses Card-Check, something he said he opposes when he made the switch on April 28, 2009

[rpannier]

11. I would NOT vote Specter

I would not vote for specter
Not in a car
Not in a bar
Not on a bet
Not to end a debt
I would not
Could not
On a train
Not in a boat
Not with a goat
I would not vote for him
Because his morals are very dim

[Individualist]

13. He's the kind of Democrat DLC wants

[HughMoran]

14. many are rooting for Charlie Crist here

:shrug:

I can't make heads or tails out of what is 'good enough' any more.

[emulatorloo]

15. and don't get me started on Ron Paul

[rpannier]

16. I think that's out of fear that lunatic Rubio will became Florida's next Senator

Kind of waving the white flag before the fight has even begun