The departure of Arlen Specter from the Republican Party had less to do with personal beliefs than it did with preserving his political career. But his departure wasn't a decision that he freely made - Specter was basically forced to abandon his party. This is part of a larger plan by GOP faithfuls like Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist to rid their party of any independent thinkers. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of Air America's Ring of Fire talks about this issue with Tim Dickinson, political correspondent for Rolling Stone magazine.
This is part 1. Part 2 is here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTqBgqITso and part 3 is here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f969uUn0ufM
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