Comments on: BREAKING: SPECTER A DEMOCRAT

By: Prudence

Prudence — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:56:53 +0000

Bugger, Matthew, you've pointed out that I have zero maths skillz. Damn, the truth will out. You're right, Arlen is 79 and has some serious cancer ish, but I guess being a dopey old euro-commie, I believe him. Sure, his poll numbers have been taking a beating, but for some odd reason (and not that we'd vote along party lines together) I buy the conscience gambit. Most of it.

That, and the old dude has finally realized that the GOP *really is* being run by loopy nutbags like Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Michelle Maglalang Malkin. No worries about any moderate center, Michael Steele will be voted out of the RNC by a no-confidence vote shortly.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:01:21 +0000

Pretty good timing for yesterday's post considering this announcement, no?

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:38:57 +0000

Coleman-Franken has reached the MN Supreme Court. There are limits to how much longer it can be dragged out, as there is only one additional venue for appeal and I seriously doubt they will touch this one with a 10-foot pole.

From the SCOTUS perspective, there is no issue here once the state has certified the results.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:36:10 +0000

Does this mean that the Franken Election is going to be dragged out indefinitely now?

By: JohnR

JohnR — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:17:05 +0000

What amazes me is Olympia – I'm not clear whether she feels that it's nobler to go down with the Titanic or whether she's waiting for the seemingly inevitable Beck/Palin 'Beer Hall Putsch' to finally throw in the towel. It's like staying married to Hannibal Lecter because divorce is dishonorable.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:56:52 +0000

Oh come on, Prudie! Specter's only 79 (a veritable Spring chicken!) and he's only had cancer twice.

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Well, okay, yeah. Maybe this is sort of a death-bed conversion.

By: Prudence

Prudence — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:28:11 +0000

I disagree, Ed. True, Arlen would have trouble winning on a GOP ticket, but that's probably because the GOP has debased itself beyond all previous expectations, and getting on the ticket would demand yet more insane party-line voting. Don't forget, the Dems have recently welcomed a former Loony Rushdoony adherent and evangelical powerhouse like Howard Ahmanson, Jr to their ranks, so I believe it's more a case of the GOP charging to the right of Attila the Hun, than an electoral power-play by Specter.

At the end of the day, Specter's 85 and has cancer, so I don't think this is about his political future so much as his conscience.

Welcome to the Obama Big Tent, Arlen.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:14:51 +0000

As a Pennsylvanian, I am pleased only because it is a sharp stick in the eye of the GOP. Specter is too self serving and egocentric for my taste. I anxiously await the time in the near future when the goopers fall to scrapping with the Libertarians and Green Party for a place on the ballot.

By: Sharper

Sharper — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:29:05 +0000

Choice quote: "I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate."

I had to read it through twice before I realized that it didn't actually end with "because those mouthbreathers are completely batshit," it only seems like it does.