Arlen Specter to switch parties

By Edward Harrison On Apr 28, 2009

This is a bombshell from the political world. I believe that means Al Franken will make Obama filibuster-proof. Obviously, this is very bad news for Republicans. I suspect that the deal is that Rendell and Casey will pull out ALL the stops to get Specter re-elected too.

Confirmed that Sen Specter will become a Democrat (but he is still against EFCA as noted in his statement).

The GOP is dead in the the blue states for the foreseeable future.

I am with Kos, I see the Maine senators potentially switching now as well. They will have no legislative power anymore, so why stay with the GOP in a state where it will be easier to get elected as a Dem?

More from Daily Kos here.

Edward Harrison 7783 posts 575 comments

Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

Channeling my inner Larry Summers

Bof A’s MAC clause was as porous as swiss cheese

Comments are closed.