re: #6 midwestgak

Switch gives Dems a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the senate

They had that majority anyway. Spector - and two other Republicans - have reliably crossed the aisle to vote with the Democrats.

The Republicans should now start doing what they should have last November - reaching across the aisle to like-minded Democrats willing to break ranks with their party in favor of conservative, fiscally responsible government.

Or - sit, sulk and get used to losing and being completely irrelevant.