Horrible News

Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move [...] that will push Democrats within one seat of a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority.

One-party hegemony is nearly assured. F***.

Specter is trying to play this off like he won’t automatically be the Dems’ 60th vote, and that he won’t change his stance on unions, for instance.

Centrist Republicans Lindsay Graham and Olympia Snowe spoke out in support of Spector’s decision:

Snowe said the party’s message has been, “Either you’re with us or you’re against us.”

Her frustration was shared by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), who slammed right-wing interest groups for pushing moderates out of the party.

Specter says he’s switching from GOP to Dems – Seattle Times

A Small Tent for Big Government Conservatives?