Republican party is shrinking

[Bob]

Senator Specter to Seek Re-Election as a Democrat (Update3) - Bloomberg.com
By James Rowley and Christopher Stern

April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, saying his party ?has moved far to the right,? announced today he will seek re-election next year as a Democrat.

Specter, a moderate Republican, was one of three senators in his party to support President Barack Obama?s $787 billion economic stimulus measure. He announced his decision to switch parties in a statement posted on a Pennsylvania politics Web site and confirmed by his office.

The addition of Specter to the Democratic caucus, if combined with the seating of Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, would give the party a 60-vote Senate majority. Sixty votes are required to break filibusters in the chamber.

 

[Bob]

a voice of reason gives up.....

 

[Bob]

it's all one big conspiracy....no one in the republican party did anything wrong to betray the public trust....threat level of the day/we don't torture/deficits don't matter/it's hard work/bring it on/mission accomplished/wall street got a hangover/axis of evil/god tells me what to do/let the free markets reign!!! yeehaw!!

 

[hnooe]

No Republican has stepped up to the plate to organize and herd all the 'cats' out there--nut cases like Rush, Ann Coulter, and Michelle Bachman seem to have the megaphone now. The RNC is totally powerless under chairmen Michael Steele. Arlen Spector left--and, Al Franken will make it a party of 60 soon...

Locally, evertime I hear an ambulance siren, that party gets smaller. They are all now affraid of, and will defer to, their "guns n' religion" bedmates.

Meghan McCain seems to be a new young voice of Republican sanity ( I said Sanity, NOT Hannity)>>>>Meghan McCain: "Old School" Republicans Are "Scared Sh**less"

 

[Lynnie]

I'm all for a new 3rd Party! Have been for years!

This might the birth of such.............

 

[6thGen]

Locally, evertime I hear an ambulance siren, that party gets smaller.

Because it persuades more 1Ls to get into litigation?