re: #6 jaunte

They seem to have been flogging this giant for a while now:

Well, that lady won her battle: Specter left the GOP to run as a Democrat, only to find the Dems didn’t want someone whose loyalties changed with the seasons either. Pat Toomey, a far more conservative and reliable Republican, won the 2010 Senate election in the Keystone State. That does count as a win for those who wanted Specter replaced.