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...running in your first election after you've done the old party switcheroo. Let's stipulate to that. And it's easy to bash Arlen Specter for being a Bush guy in one election and an Obama guy in the next. But Arlen isn't doing ... Specter Tries To Explain His...
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Beltway Blips
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/story/white-house-bracing-for-arlen-specter-loss/
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...Happy Anniversary Arlen Specter! He has now been a card carrying member of the democrat party for a full year. One year ago today, after dusting off his old Democrat voter registration card from the 70's, Senator Arlen Specter took the term "career politician"...
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American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/happy_anniversary_arlen_specte.html
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...Specter looks to be in ... Specter defends Slaughter rule: 'Fight fire with fire' thehill.com 22 days ago — Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) defended House Democrats decision to use a controversial legislative process to pass healthcare tonight, saying it was...
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Beltway Blips
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/video/sen-arlen-specter-misspeaks/
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WASHINGTON -- In nearly 30 years as a Senate Republican, Arlen Specter was tough to pin down, frequently breaking ranks with his party and giving its leadership fits.
Yet in the half-year since he crossed the aisle, Mr. Specter has become a remarkably
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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"He's fighting for what's right," President Obama said ofSen. Arlen Specter at the Convention Center event.
President Obama swept into Philadelphia yesterday to help newly minted Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter raise nearly $2.5 million for his
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=59430317&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090916_Obama_gives_Specter_a_boost_at_fund-raiser.html
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wades into an intramural fight among Pennsylvania Democrats today by attending a high-dollar fundraising dinner for Sen. Arlen Specter, demonstrating an unusual measure of personal commitment in a party primary
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09258/998061-454.stm?cmpid=news.xml
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Local News | State News | National/World News
Specter welcomes Dems' warm reception
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter left the Beltway for tough town-hall meetings on President Barack Obama's health-care plan and other issues.
He
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GoErie.com
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090819/NEWS02/308189904/-1/RSS
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Voter fears of a government takeover of health care and rampant costs were on stark display Tuesday at a longtime senator's noisy town hall, a session that underscored the challenge for President Barack Obama and Democrats in overhauling the nation's
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1188544.html
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U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (right) with moderators Susie Madrak and Ari Melber. Sestak argued that he was the true Democrat.
PITTSBURGH - A preview of next year's Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary played out in a hangar-size convention hall yesterday,
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=53277817&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090815_Specter__Sestak_spar_in_Pittsburgh.html
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Sen. Arlen Specter faced more jeers and taunts during another town hall meeting that turned into a vocal debate about health care reform.
More than 400 people packed into a Penn State University ballroom Wednesday morning.
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The State
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LEBANON, Pa. (CBS) ―
Voter fears of a government takeover of health care and rampant costs were on stark display Tuesday at a longtime senator's noisy town hall, a session that underscored the challenge for President Barack Obama and Democrats
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CBS 5
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I am thrilled to announce that on Friday, August 14, Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joseph Sestak will be joining us at Netroots Nation 2009 for a Pennsylvania Leadership Forum. The session will be moderated by veteran Pennsylvania ...
An Unlikely
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Beltway Blips
http://beltway.blips.com/story/the_showdown_begins_specter_and_sestak_set_to_hold/
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(CNN) — A new poll of Pennsylvania voters suggests that Sen. Arlen Specter's double-digit lead over Republican challenger Pat Toomey in his bid for re-election next year has disappeared.
Forty-five percent of people questioned in a Quinnipiac
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/0y6W3MGLUB4/
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Republican conservative Pat Toomey is virtually tied with Sen. Arlen Specter in the long run-up to Pennsylvania's 2010 Senate race, according to a poll released Wednesday.
The statewide survey by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac
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The Orange County Register
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PENNSYLVANIA_SENATE_POLL?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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Another poll on the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary was released today. Like other recent polls, it showed incumbent Arlen Specter leading Joe Sestak by 20% (33%-13% were the specific numbers). The Pollster.com trendline shows Specter leading ..
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/an_unlikely_potential_guest_at_netroots_nation_arlen/
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The last two times the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled a Supreme Court nominee, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania sat at the head of the long curved table and ran the show.
"Is there anything the Senate or Congress can do if a nominee says one
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165776&44=50920987&32=3796&7=195377&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fnation_world%2F20090716_From_a_different_seat__Specter_presses_Sotomayor.html
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You're confusing two completely different things. I already conceded the point about Kelly minimizing Alito's connection, but that doesn't mean she mischaracterized Spector. Why would she do that? That makes no sense, she is on Spector's side on this
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Media Matters for America
http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/gF7dXbbUFIE/200907150020
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SPECTER'S BOLD QUESTIONS FOR SESTAK.... With Rep. Joe Sestak poised to take on Sen. Arlen Specter in a Democratic primary in Pennsylvania next year, it stands to reason that Specter is going to take some rhetorical shots at his rival. I just didn't
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_07/019007.php
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Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) isn't taking being called a hypocrite lightly. In response to Sen. Arlen Specter's attack on his voting record, Sestak--who plans to challenge Specter in the 2010 Pennsylvania Senate primary--is setting the record straight. And .
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/specter_sestak_a_flagrant_hypocrite/
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...outspent by his famous opponent. But he has some ... When Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) makes his primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) official, he won't have the Washington establishment on his side and he'll probably find himself significantly outspent...
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/hitting_back_specter_calls_sestak_a_flagrant_hypocrite/
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Another poll on the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary was released today. Like other recent polls, it showed incumbent Arlen Specter leading Joe Sestak by 20% (33%-13% were the specific numbers). The Pollster.com trendline shows Specter leading ..
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/hitting_back_specter_calls_sestak_a_flagrant_hypocrite/
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Speaking [on Thursday] to a large and animated crowd of union organizers and health reform advocates in a brewing house just North of the Capitol, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) said he supports a public insurance option.
"Schumer has it right about having
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_06/018797.php
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Speaking moments ago to a large crowd of union organizers and health reform advocates in a brewing house just North of the Capitol, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) said he supports a public insurance option.
"Schumer has it
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/specter_schumer_has_it_right_on_the_public_option/
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More in the extended entry.
Here are just some of the highlights: (May 14-18, 608 registered Democrats likely to vote in the primary, MoE 4.0 for the entire group, larger for smaller subsets)
The polling memo also features complete crosstabs, and
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Open Left
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenLeft-FrontPage/~3/n1OfqCtND6c/complete-spectersestak-polling-memo
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Gov. Ed Rendell had a present for his old boss last night.
As the Democratic State Committee gathered for its quarterly meeting, Mr. Rendell stood on stage with Sen. Bob Casey welcoming Sen. Arlen Specter to his new party. Mr. Rendell handed Mr.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09157/975596-178.stm?cmpid=news.xml
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'I'm going to reserve judgment until we follow the constitutional process,' Sen. Arlen Specter says.
Photo: AP
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) is refusing to commit himself to supporting Sonia Sotomayor until the conclusion of her Judiciary
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The Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23369.html
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He is in the midst of intense negotiations with labor unions and key Democrats to revive the Employee Free Choice Act, a major priority for liberal Democrats and organized labor.
But Specter is now a Democrat, and his stated opposition to the
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82665&Itemid=70
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"Director [Leon] Panetta says the agency does not make it a habit to misinform
Congress. I believe that is true. It is not the policy of the Central
Intelligence Agency to misinform Congress," Specter said. "But that
doesn't mean that they're all
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82629&Itemid=70
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ALLENTOWN, Pa.
- Some Democrats who opened their arms to party switcher Sen. Arlen Specter have softened the embrace.
Progressive grassroots activists this week posted a fundraising Web link to draft Rep. Joe Sestak to challenge Specter in next
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/nation/45097227.html
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Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) said today the "prospects are pretty good" for a compromise on legislation making it easier for workers to form unions.
It's starting to look like newly minted Democratic Senator Arlen Specter is listening to the voices on
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MyDD
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mydd/~3/rR-sgRoyJas/367
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After abandoning the Republican
Party in favor of a new Democratic home, Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter experienced a
handful of awkward moments that accompanied his aisle-crossing adventure.
Specter's three
decades'
worth of Senate seniority were
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Media Matters for America
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/x13UbT1ZYHY/200905120004
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For national Republicans hungering for a full on battle for the soul of the GOP, Pennylvania’s U.S. Senate primary pitting Arlen Specter against conservative Pat Toomey promised to be a battle royale. But Specter killed the prospect of such fun when
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The Buzz: Florida Politics
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tampabaycom/blogs/buzz/~3/huIYLMdNLGg/why-charlie-crist-is-no-arlen-specter.html
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For many Democrats, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's change of Party affiliation was a mixed blessing. While the 79-year-old Specter is liberal on many social issues and probably gives Dems the 60th vote they need to reach cloture, his mercurial
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/arlen-specters-legacy_b_199839.html
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Sen. Arlen Specter announced last week he is switching to the Democratic Party.
The Valley of Death is Arlen Specter’s turf. It’s hard to keep track of how many times he has crossed it. This is true regarding his health. And, given the twists and turns
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Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_ac360blog/~3/oxF0lZ50alI/
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Now just one vote shy of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority, Senate have demonstrated to the world that their increasing hubris has clouded their judgment.
Reacting to a forth-coming New York Times magazine story in which the newest member of their
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U.S. News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/5/6/democrats-are-foolish-to-humiliate-arlen-specter.html?s_cid=rss:peter-roff:democrats-are-foolish-to-humiliate-arlen-specter
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Arlen Specter infuriated Senate Republicans when he bolted from their party last week. Now he’s alienated just about everybody in the Senate Democratic caucus, too.
Since declaring himself a Democrat last Tuesday, Specter has defied Senate Majority
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/politics/44476327.html
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When Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) decided to switch parties and become a Democrat, it was widely assumed he would retain some, if not all, of his seniority.
As details were released that Specter's switch had been discussed with Senate Majority Leader Harry
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The Hill
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHillsPunditBlog/~3/-runVdspB7o/
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If Democrats grumbled about Arlen Specter pre-empting a shot at his Senate seat before, just wait until they hear about his upcoming commentary about the Minnesota recount. According to Taegan Goddard, Specter told the New York Times Magazine that
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Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/05/arlen-specter-democrat-for-coleman/
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Last week's announcement that Sen. Arlen Specter is switching to the Democrats caused the left to celebrate. Specter's decision leaves the Democrats just one seat short of the magical 60 needed for a filibuster-proof Senate majority. Obama welcomed
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Visalia Times-Delta
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090505/OPINION02/905050323/1014/OPINION
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Sen. Arlen Specter doesn't want Democrats to get the wrong idea about him just because he jumped from the burning ship that is the Republican Party last week.
Sure, he wanted to spare himself a bruising primary battle with Pat Toomey, but Mr. Specter
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09125/967706-153.stm?cmpid=news.xml
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Hold onto your hats…If you have a weak heart get ready….If you’re a journalist prepare to screech “STOP THE PRESSES!!!” if your newspaper hasn’t already folded…If you’re a blogger of the right or left get ready to write a breathless post expressing
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The Moderate Voice
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoderatevoice/~3/DzSBEMhHgZU/
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May the Democrats enjoy having Sen. Arlen Specter among their ranks as much as we Republicans did for the past 43 years.
Sen. Arlen Specter's defection is welcome news to the Democratic Party. He is a man who is respected for speaking his mind and
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166881&44=44215712&32=3796&7=195517&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fopinion%2F20090502_Letters_to_the_Editor_On_Specter_s_switch_to_the_Democratic_Party.html
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The Post-Gazette editorial board's endorsement of Sen. Arlen Specter's defection ("Specter's Switch," April 29) as always was fair and balanced.
I would like to point out that the PG missed some important points.
1. Sen. Specter on March 17 said he
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09122/967160-110.stm?cmpid=news.xml
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(The Politico)
This story was written by John Bresnahan, Jonathan Martin,and Manu Raju.
Faced with a high-profile defection and the prospect of political irrelevance in the Senate, Republicans took off the gloves Wednesday for a ferocious game
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CBS News
http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsPolitics/~3/3qWoMNs-jiw/main4979700.shtml
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The Hill reports that many senior Democratic senators are not happy with their leader, Harry Reid, for the deal he cut with Arlen Specter allowing Specter to maintain his seniority as he crosses the aisle. They don't want the 79-year old senator
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Betsy's Page
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http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2009/05/all-is-not-happy-in-reidland.html
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Sen. Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party is prompting his campaign donors large and small to demand their money back, including several Republican senators whose political action committees gave tens of thousands of dollars to the
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NewsMax
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/donors_specter_refund/2009/04/30/209260.html?utm_medium=RSS
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When Arlen Specter, a five-term Senate veteran, announced that he would return to the Democratic Party, my land line, iPhone, and text messages went into overload. For Arlen Specter has been a friend of my family's for over 30 years. Our family does
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarakay-smullens/arlen-specter-determined_b_192614.html
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Over the past 30 days, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) has been drifting noticeable left, both in proposed legislation and comments made in public. This leftward drift climaxed on April 28th when Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) announced that he would 'run
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1694356/specters_drift_to_the_left.html
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Arlen Specter ’s party affiliation might be changing, but the Pennsylvania senator is likely to remain as much of an outlier in the Democratic Party as he was in the GOP.
Specter’s announcement Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2010 as an
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CQ Politics
http://www.cqpolitics.com/news-000003105267
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WASHINGTON - Veteran Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate's defection that pushed Democrats to within a seat of a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority with
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Santa Maria Times
http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2009/04/28/ap/headlines/d97rm9k82.txt
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