Don't Let the Door Hit Ya In the Ass, Arlen

Good riddance Senator Specter:

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according to a statement he released this morning.

Specter's decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next senator from Minnesota. (Former senator Norm Coleman is appealing Franken's victory in the state Supreme Court.)

"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary," said Specter in a statement. "I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election."

He added: "Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans."

Let's parse this for a sec. The Democrat party has gone very far left and Specter says his philosophy is more in line? We should be thanking the good Lord that we have finally rid ourselves of the man who dreamed up the single bullet theory, voted against his own party on crucial issues and recently was a deciding vote in passing the stimulus boondoggle after being wined and dined by The One. He invoked Reagan but was far from a Reagan Democrat let alone a Reagan Republican.

Please leave Senator and join the party that will now be the undisputed leader of the country and will be held responsible when we stagnate for another year or so. Toomey may not beat you but he will embarrass you during the general.

This was nothing a move of political expediency and Specter has shown that he is a man of low moral standing and possesses no scruples at all. He cares about Arlen and Arlen only. He should fit right in with the party of Obama.

I consider myself an American first, then a Conservative and finally a Republican. For years, Specter has been a shady Republican, not a conservative and bailing on your team when the stakes are high to join the winner is not only un-American but not something that any self-respecting Pennsylvanian would ever do.

I think this hurts him badly if Toomey can play it right.