Posted on 03/19/2009 11:04:46 AM PDT by bestintxas
Having rejected Democratic overtures to switch parties, Sen. Arlen Specter is raising the possibility he may spurn the GOP and run as an independent.
“It’s an abstract possibility,” the Pennsylvania Republican also told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, regarding an independent bid. “But I am not making any plans on it.”
Specter has suggested he would only do so as a last resort, and would continue to caucus with Republicans.
Specter has been under fire from GOP conservatives particularly in his home state due to his moderate positions. He was one of only three Republican senators who voted for the $787 billion stimulus bill passed by Congress.
After representing the Keystone State for five terms, Specter is expected to face a tough primary battle for the 2010 GOP nomination. One potential rival is former GOP Rep. Patrick J. Toomey, who ran against him in 2004.
Specter, 79, also expects a strong Democratic challenge in the general election, possibly from Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa.
Specter’s status as a swing vote in the Senate has made him, at least in some quarters, one of its most influential members. In his interview with the Los Angeles Times, Specter appeared to downplay the notion that he might entertain an independent bid.
“It’s a possibility in the sense that almost anything is a possibility,” he said.
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Arlen still believes he has relevance in the GOP ...
Good riddance! Get moving you worthless POS.
“Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.”
Can we give him a going-away party?
“Arlen still believes he has relevance in the GOP ...”
No, Arlen still believes he has relevance to Arlen.
Bull. He's under fire for lying: He calls himself a Republican, and acts exactly like Nancy Pelosi. I would not be surprised to learn he wears lacy panties. The man is a sissy, like most who vote left.
Finally he got a good plan.
Maybe Al D’Amato can move to PA and run for the Republican nomination!
(A VERY similar situation allowed him to be a senator from NY in the first place. Arlen Specter is the 21st century Jacob Javits.)
Thank George Bush for this mess in PA.
Is there a chance that Pat Tilman (?) could win in PA?
LLS
Now’s time to target this guy (He’s our “Lieberman”), let’s just hope that Pat Toomey’s run ends better than Ned Lamont’s.
I have never tried to imagine what Pelosi wears in private, nor do I appreciate any hints in that direction. Gross! If I had to guess, I'd say probably something "Gestapo chic", but I don't want to think about her or Helen Thomas as anything but unusually unattractive people physically and ethically.
The AFL-CIO are trying to get him to vote for the card check. If he does they will switch their voting registration to vote for Specter in the primary. He is back stabbing scum and has always been a Dem.
Deluded old bastard.
1. The Dems will have no use for him when they can have their own guy in.
2. Conservatives dont want him.
3. He will have no money to run with.
His influence is only because he is a easy turncoat for the Dems
How about a military sock-party for him?
What he’s really saying is that if he can’t have it, he’ll try to split the vote to deprive the GOP nominee of victory. I really believe that he will draw more Dem votes than GOP votes in the general election, though.
I’m going to see Pat Toomey in about 4 hours, and we’ll see if he will formally announce.
He would have beaten Specter in ‘04, had it not been for Bush saving him. (Ever notice that when you have a Bush as Prez, they leave the GOP in shambles by the time they leave office?).
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