Arlen Specter as at least honest with why he was bailing out of the Republican Party. He had no chance of winning the Republican Primary in Pennsylvania. By joining the Democrats he'll most probably easily win the general election. Specter has always been a centrist and his party is one that seems to be demanding ideological purity with an allegiance to the Christian Right that this centrist Jewish Senator could no long abide with.
Of course, this ideological purity can be found in such people as Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota. She had a brilliant insight into the swine flu epidemic:
"I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."
Of course this took place in 1976 when Gerald Ford was the President. Carter was elected in November of 1976 and became President in 1977.
Oops.
The good part about Michelle Bachmann is that she maintains the ideological purity that the party now seeks.
Arlen Specter sees the Michelle Bachmann's as the leading lights of his party and decides that it might be a good time for a change of scenery. Why can blame the guy?
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