CNN: Specter-Sestak one of many contentious 2010 primaries

December 1, 2009 at 10:07 am

CNN has published an

comments

comments [0] | post a comment

Specter on Afghanistan: A principled stand or politics as usual?

November 25, 2009 at 3:45 pm

There’s been a lot of buzz this week about Senator Arlen Specter’s recent comments, on the heels of President Obama’s imminent announcement of his decision to deploy additional troops to Afghanistan, that he

comments

comments [13] | post a comment

The problem with ‘The Real Arlen Specter’

November 7, 2009 at 6:18 pm

Arlen Specter is doing a good job of controlling the political conversation now. But what will happen when his opponents’ commercials begin blanketing the airwaves in the run-up to the primary? Democrat Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey will certainly put Specter’s trustworthiness on the line. They will run hard-hitting ads questioning his integrity, like the one above. Specter will be called to task to explain his record.

Can Specter pull off a victory if…

comments

comments [4] | post a comment

What if we had a government, but no one showed up?

November 4, 2009 at 10:34 pm

In a new twist for the party of No, GOP members of the Senate environment committee have gone from arguing on the merits of legislation to simply Full Story

comments

comments [1] | post a comment

Republicans eat their young in upstate New York, as Reagan’s ‘big tent’ continues its collapse

November 3, 2009 at 12:36 am

When Arlen Specter left the Republican Party earlier this year, he summed up his reasons for departing by saying “I’m not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate, not prepared to have that record decided by that jury.” As Pennsylvania Republicans became Independents and both Republicans and Independents became Democrats, the once diverse Republican electorate narrowed substantially, becoming a more hard-right, conservative group with…

comments

comments [1] | post a comment

From the horse’s mouth: The In-Specter chats with Arlen

October 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm

CLARIFICATION APPENDED (See bottom)

On Tuesday, I was one of four bloggers to participate in a conference call with Senator Arlen Specter that was open ended and on the record. It was an exciting opportunity to have a real give-and-take, intimate conversation with the Senator, and we were able to cover quite a bit of ground. Because I want my readers to really have a chance to “inspect” the Senator and make their own judgment,…

comments

comments [5] | post a comment

Mulling Specter’s DOMA reversal

October 27, 2009 at 4:35 pm

CLARIFICATION APPENDED (See bottom)

Back in May, blockquotep.em..This is an issue that needs to be forced onto the President’s plate. And who better to force this issue onto the agenda than newly-minted Democrat Arlen Specter? Consider the political logic…

comments

comments [5] | post a comment

Sestak or Specter: Two sides of the same coin?

October 26, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Joe Sestak fired another shot at Arlen Specter’s voting record last week, launching a new page on his “The Real Specter” Web site highlighting what he calls “

comments

comments [8] | post a comment

Citing FDR, Specter calls for policies to spur job growth

October 22, 2009 at 4:14 pm

In his continuing effort to appear palatable to the Democratic base, Arlen Specter published

comments

comments [1] | post a comment

Most Americans support the public option

October 21, 2009 at 11:28 am

A new Washington Post article this week shows that a strong majority of Americans More detailed polls also show that the president continues to…

comments

comments [0] | post a comment