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With the $789 billion economic stimulus package he helped broker set for a vote in the U.S. House and Senate, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., phoned home Thursday to unhappy members of the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee. The conference call was initiated by Specter, his office said. It was a "conversation" to explain his thinking for backing the spending plan that Democrats hope will deliver jobs for the tanking U.S. economy. But a growing chorus of Pennsylvania state Republican officials say their faith in Specter is irretrievably broken. And some are vowing to defeat Specter in the Republican primary in 2010....

The co-founder of Meakem Becker Venture Capital could be considering a run for U.S. Senator Arlen Specter's seat in 2010. Glen Meakem says Specter's vote for the federal stimulus package has made him "determined" to support someone who is for Pennsylvania residents not Washington lobbyists. Meakem also says he hasn't decided if he himself is going to run but would support someone who was more conservative than the moderate Specter. Specter was one of three Republican senators who voted for the stimulus package and is the longest serving U.S. Senator in Pennsylvania history.