GOVERNOR RENDELL ISSUES STATEMENT ON U.S. SEN. ARLEN SPECTER’S CHANGE OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION

By THE OFFICE OF GOV. ED RENDELL

HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today issued the following statement in response to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter’s announcement that he has joined the Democratic Party:

“I welcome Senator Specter to the Democratic Party. He is a strong leader who has done great work on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania regardless of their political affiliation.

“Arlen Specter did not leave the Republican Party – the Republican Party left him. Today’s Pennsylvania Republican party is a far cry from the party of John Heinz, Hugh Scott and Governors Bill Scranton and Tom Ridge.”

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