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“But that’s okay. Now the Dems have NO political cover whatsoever. When their agenda fails, they have NO ONE to blaim but themselves. No one.

This is a golden opportunity to stick it to the Dems at every chance. Conservatives only needsd to show some backbone, some discipline, and consistently vote as a bloc against the liberal agenda, and they’ll retake the House in 2010.”

I totally disagree and do not think it is fine. No one is more disgusted by the jelly-spined RINO that is Specter than me. However, ignore everything about his voting record and positions for a moment and remember the “R” next to his name that made him caucus with the Republicans.

So long as we kept the Dem numbers at 58 or even 59 in the Senate, we had the threat of a filibuster which is immensely powerful....even the threat alone is powerful.

Reconciliation required to bypass the filibuster is not a politically popular thing to do and introduces expiration dates (10 years) on bills passed under them....at least it’s something.

Now with a filibuster proof majority, the damage that can be done between now and Jan 2011 is immense...even if we retake control of both the House and Senate, they have the executive to veto any reversals of that damage at least until 2013 by which time new laws may have become ingrained in the electorate psyche and political kryptonite to touch.

I am glad to have him out of the party but right now the timing could not be worse for us. This is personally laudable for our party but politically, absolute devastation.