Sen. Arlen Specter has decided to take on Sen. Chuck Grassley. Specter tweeted that Grassley used the phrase “death boards.” Grassley’s not happy.
Specter tweeted:
“Called Senator Grassley to tell him to stop spreading myths about health care reform and imaginary ‘death panels.’”
Then he added:
“Had to leave a message — for now. I will talk to him [...]
Congressional Democratic leaders said Wednesday that Sen. Arlen Specter’s party switch is a sign that Republicans should become more like, well, Democrats.
“I say to Republicans in America, take back your party,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters. “The party of protecting the environment, the party of individual rights, the party of fairness.”
Specter stunned the [...]
A national Republican group is hitting the telephones to remind Pennsylvania Democrats that Sen. Arlen Specter was endorsed by President Bush in 2004 and that he angered labor unions by opposing a bill to make it easier for workers to form unions.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee launched its “robocall” campaign Wednesday. Spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson says [...]
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is a Democrat again following a decades-long run with the Republicans, a defection that has the GOP warning about the perils of unchecked power only a few years after it controlled both the White House and Congress. The move leaves Democrats with 59 votes in the Senate, and has them hoping [...]
“I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans,” Specter said on a statement posted to a web site devoted to Pennsylvania politics. President Barack Obama called Specter almost immediately to say the Democratic Party is “thrilled to have you,” according to a White House official.
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