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I wonder what Arlen Specter's day was like today? Did he feel relieved to finally have a big decision behind him? Or did he think "Oh Lord, what have I done?"
A lot of people are upset about this, I wonder if he got a bunch of threats?
Specter announcing he is a Democrat was as surprising as Clay Aiken announcing he was gay....
Maybe but the GOP can't afford to lose more people & continue to decline. Seems that "smart" people would try to build the party nor eat their own but the GOP isn't smart to their own determent
Maybe but the GOP can't afford to lose more people & continue to decline. Seems that "smart" people would try to build the party nor eat their own but the GOP isn't smart to their own determent
Maybe they're planning to build the party through the "mystique of exclusion." Hey, it worked for discos in the 1970s. Before they went out of business, that is.
Maybe they're planning to build the party through the "mystique of exclusion." Hey, it worked for discos in the 1970s. Before they went out of business, that is.
What's sad is that people like Pat Buchanan [on Chris Matthew's show today] supports the purging in the GOP. He thinks that President Obama will fail bigtime & Republicans, like hyenas, are waiting for Americans to go back to the Party of Bush
I wonder what Arlen Specter's day was like today? Did he feel relieved to finally have a big decision behind him? Or did he think "Oh Lord, what have I done?"
A lot of people are upset about this, I wonder if he got a bunch of threats?
He and Barney can now exchange stories about how it feels to come out of the closet.
Pennsylvania's "Sore Loser Law" forced his hand. Had he lost in the Republican primary, he would have been prevented from pursuing the same office on another party ticket, so he switched while he could. I'd be pissed if I was a Pennsylvania Republican who voted for Specter.
What's sad is that people like Pat Buchanan [on Chris Matthew's show today] supports the purging in the GOP. He thinks that President Obama will fail bigtime & Republicans, like hyenas, are waiting for Americans to go back to the Party of Bush
Regarding the purging of the GOP, Arlen Specter had some insights that are significant; they point to what I've felt for a while; there's a DELIBERATE effort to push moderate GOP office holders out of office and out of the GOP so the wingnuts can complete their total takeover of the GOP. Specter's comments about the "Club For Growth" (CFG) make it a lot clearer to me that my hunch is at least partly on the mark; that the GOP is deliberately aiming to be the white racist wingnut party. Here are his comments:
Republicans didn't rally to Wayne Gilchrist in MD. He was beaten by the CFG on the far right. They lost the general election.
Republicans didn't rally to the banner of Joe Schwarz in MI; he was beaten by a conservative. They lost the general election.
Republicans didn't rally to Heather Wilson in NM last year. She was beaten in the primary. They lost the general election.
The CFG challenged Lincoln Chafee, made him spend all his money in the primary. He lost the general. If Chafee were elected in 2006, the GOP would have controlled the Senate in 2007-08, and I would have been chairman of the committee.
President Bush nominated 13 circuit judges. They were all left on the table for President Obama.
President Bush nominated 21 district court judges and they were all left on the table for President Obama.
Now take the social conservatives in America and how they prize circuit judges. Remember what we went through for Judge Southwith last year to get the circuit judge confirmed? And one of my opponents' principal advisors said, "We don't care about stage two, stage one, we want to be in Arlen Specter, we'll worry about stage two later." They don't make any bones about their willingness to lose the general election, if they can purify the party. I don't understand it, but that's what they say.
For the people who are Republicans, to sit by and allow the CFG to continue to dominate the party, after they beat Chafee, cost us GOP control of the senate and cost us 34 federal judges, there ought to be a rebellion, there ought to be an uprising.
Specter's blunt words about the CFG line up with Buchanan's thoughts about purging the party. A party of 25% of the people is DOA on election day if all they stand for are the topics of God, Guns and (anti) Gays.
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Here's hoping more people in the GOP feel that way.
