An Open Letter To The GOP Senate Caucus Re: Arlen Specter

[WeDidIt]

Do you mind taking him back?

Thanks bunches!

WeDidIt

[Cant trust em]

1. I'm not sure how I feel about this

I never thought that magically he'd be a great Democrat, but wouldn't we rather have him partially on our side than predominantly on their side? He'll have to accede to at least some of our leadership votes that he wouldn't have if he were still a republican.

[WeDidIt]

3. So far he's given no indication he will acquiesce to any Dem leadership requests

So essentially, we now have two Liebermans.

[ScottZ]

2. Arlen will vote about the same regardless of his political affiliation

That's the definition of a moderate. One of the reasons he came over to the Democratic Party is that they will allow him to do that without punishing him for having free will.

I really don't see how this hurts the Democrats in any way, and it makes the Republicans look like idiots. You should be happy about this.

[WeDidIt]

4. I was originally happy

I now support Joe Sestak, and wil be donating money to his effort to unseat Specter.