TagsTagsAn editorial in London’s Times Online: The incredible shrinking elephant - Why moderate US Republicans must stand up for themselves. The background to Mr Specter’s defection is a case in point. He is unquestionably an opportunist, abandoning the Republicans only when it became clear that staying with them would cost ...
Arlen Specter, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Far Right, social conservatism, Abortion
On “Meet the Press” this morning, Senator Arlen Specter said a big factor in his decision to become a Democrat was that the Republican Party had moved “far to the right.” Specter told David Gregory on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he had determined “with polls and a lot of ...
Arlen Specter, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Far Right, social conservatism, Abortion
I guess it’s supposed to be big news that Senator Arlen Specter has announced he’s switching parties and becoming a Democrat. I must be jaded or maybe just worn out by partisan political posturing, because I’m trying to stifle a yawn.
Sen. Arlen Specter makes no bones about it; he visited Syria to engage in freelance diplomacy, because he’s decided the US government’s policies aren’t working: Specter, colleagues travel abroad, but bid for dialogue yields little. On Christmas Day, Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) arrived in Damascus for meetings with Syrian President ...