Is there any chance Specter could be flipped?

[MoonRiver]

I don't think he's that enthralled with * and the extremist Repukes.

And we REALLY need to pad our majority some more, to compensate for any potential Lieberman shenanigans.

[Bunny]

1. No, he'll never switch parties.

He may vote our way more, if the long-term political winds blow in our direction. But switch parties? No chance.

[Demeter]

2. Dear God Why Would You Even Think That Was a Good Idea?

Isn't one loose cannon (Lieberman) at a time enough?

Far better to get Olympia Snowe, or some other sane person.

[MoonRiver]

4. Well, I've been told the Maine ladies won't ever do that.

I don't like Specter either, btw. I just want the majority.

[rox63]

3. I think Olympia Snowe is more likely than Specter to flip

If Chafee had done it, he'd probably have won reelection.

[MoonRiver]

5. Yes, but Maine DUers say they will keep voting her in, regardless.

[Demoiselle]

6. All those Rhode Island Dems were mighty kind to Chafee for a long time too...

The sad thing about all this is that we really should take all the seats we can in the Northeast, regardless of how
honorable and reasonable those few remaining Republicans are. I don't see any other way to effectively counter
the monsters on the right..

[MoonRiver]

9. I think that is the best strategy. We have to target the North East

and the entrenched R's there.

[BurtWorm]

7. No.

He just said that if Rumsfeld had been fired in July, he'd still be Judiciary chairman. I don't think he'd care to be a Democrat. I doubt any of the other "moderates" would either. If they didn't flip in 2005, they're not going to do it now.

[Kelly Rupert]

8. No.

Not at all.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Ray McGovern said something happened to make Specter flip his vote

on the torture bill. He lobbied hard against it and then voted for it. So what happened? They still have some kind of hold on Specter. Lord only knows what it might be.

[tavalon]

13. Does the single bullet theory jog your memory at all?

He helped cover up the coup that happened in 1963. I doubt there is a statute of limitations on covering up who assassinated a President.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Wow I didn't know that

[thingfisher]

18. Good ol' "Magic Bullet" Specter.

[pnwmom]

11. I'll never forgive him for what he did to Anita Hill.

He's slime.

[SoCalDem]

12. Nope..

We just need to placate Holy Joe for 2 years, and add to our majority in '08, so no ONE senator has "super-powers"..

Joe's our skunk in the tent, and we just have to hold out noses for a while..

Give him what he wants, and plan like hell to make him "insignificant" for the last 4 years of his new term..

[Red Zelda]

14. By flipped

do you mean spanked?

[Wiley50]

15. The Truth about Arlen Specter (Now What Do You Think?)

http://www.geocities.com/zrrifle99/


ARLEN SPECTER AND THE JFK ASSASSINATION

The Single Bullet Theory

To support the scenario that a lone assassin (Oswald) could fire the purported number of shots within an allotted time frame, the Warren Commission concluded that one of the bullets fired that fateful day hit both Kennedy and Connally. This conclusion came to be known as the "single bullet theory." However, given the location of Kennedy's and Connally's wounds, for the "single bullet theory" to be correct, the bullet would have had to change course several times, behaving in the manner shown in the diagram (below left). The chief architect of the "single bullet theory" was the Warren Commission's ambitious junior counsel, Arlen Specter, now U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. In the reenactment photo (below right) Specter, with his pointer in hand, attempts to make the "single bullet theory" appear plausible by deceptively indicating a straight line trajectory for the bullet.
arlen specter arlen specter

While Specter managed to sell his "single bullet theory" to the Warren Commission, he had trouble selling it to the American public. A recent Gallup poll found that 81 percent of Americans reject the Warren Commission's conclusions.

For a list of Arlen Specter's other deceptions regarding the JFK assassination click here: Fetzer (compiled by researcher, James Fetzer).


ARLEN SPECTER QUESTIONS ANITA HILL

Arlen Specter In her book, Speaking Truth to Power, Anita Hill tells of her experience with Arlen Specter during the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Thomas:

"Specter began by assuring me that he was simply trying 'to find out what happened.' Nevertheless, in short order, any hope that Senator Specter would transcend the political was dashed. He began his questioning with an unmistakably prosecutorial tone. He used a familiar cross-examination tactic--a tactic common in sexual harassment cases. He ridiculed my reaction to Thomas' behavior, suggesting that I was being oversensitive, even to the point of misrepresenting my testimony....

The tension between Senator Specter and me was measurable. The process seemed to break down completely. Senator Specter would repeat the same questions until he got the answer he wanted.... To the press and spectators, we must have sounded silly and ill tempered. More than one sigh erupted from the seats behind me as Specter returned to the questioning and I once more gave my explanation. Clearly, neither of us would budge from our position.

Something in the back of my head said, 'Just say what he wants you say and get on with it.' But I was much too stubborn to do that. And the more he pursued it, the more inclined I was to resist. Digging in was, perhaps, for me one way of hanging on to some amount of my dignity. By now I knew that his questions were both insincere and ill informed. Though I tried to answer him, I was equally determined that the senator not put words in my mouth.

With every question he asked, it became clearer that despite any declaration to the contrary, he viewed me as an adversary. Rather than seeking to elicit information, his questioning sought to elicit a conclusion that he had reached before the hearing began."

[davidwparker]

16. No. He talks big when he's in front of a camera and then votes as he's

told. He's one of them.

[Mr_Spock]

17. No.

Just no.

[MzNov]

19. Specter flipped years ago.

NOT a good choice for Democrats!!!!!!!

:dem:

[Perky]

20. The only one who is flipped is you my fellow dem

I think we would have a better shot at one of the two ladies from Maine.

But Specter would have to be pushed to the breaking point and its not going to happen.


Our best shour, shoulish as it may say sound is Larry Craig's Wyoming seat. He has Luekemia and was diagnosed the day before the election. THe Governor is a Democrat.

[DaveinMD]

23. Collins

could be possibly be coerced. If she doesn't switch, she'll lost in 08.

[Crunchy Frog]

22. No, unfortunately not. n/t

[Kerrytravelers]

24. I don't think people flip parties that often once they're in office.

I know it does happen. And at times, there will be a small trend of flipping. I don't think it happens that often, though.

Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong.

[tritsofme]

25. The only way you flip a Republican is by letting them keep their chairmanship

Seeing as we already have the majority there is no reason to do this.