Spector switch illistrates Obama's popularity!

Jarod

Jarod

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The public is very happy about B. Obama's first 100 days and that is illistrated by Arlen Spectors switch to the Democratic party. It appears that part of the deal was that Obama would agree to campaign with him for reelection!

I doubt many Democrats were trying to make deals to get Bush to campaign with them in the last election!


Obama is off to a great start, the Democrats Regan!
 
AssHatZombie said:
No. It illustrates what a scumbag Spector is for switching parties rather than facing the actual democratic process.
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Maybe, but the fact that he knew he would be better off in the future political climate shows the outlook for the Republican party v. the outlook for the Democratic party!
 
Jarod said:
Maybe, but the fact that he knew he would be better off in the future political climate shows the outlook for the Republican party v. the outlook for the Democratic party!
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It's not that. It's that his pollster told him had no chance of winning the republican primary in his state.
 
AssHatZombie said:
It's not that. It's that his pollster told him had no chance of winning the republican primary in his state.
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Spector can see that no Republican can win the state wide election, he has no chance until he is a Democrat.


How many congressmen were looking to campaign with Pres. Bush?
 
Jarod said:
Spector can see that no Republican can win the state wide election, he has no chance until he is a Democrat.


How many congressmen were looking to campaign with Pres. Bush?
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No, fool. The republicans of the state will not elect him in the REPUBLICAN primary.
 
AssHatZombie said:
He was unable to face his own electorate.
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His "own electorate" is the people in the general election. Which party decides to nominate him is secondary. If he wins the general election in Pennsylvania, he has been rightfully and democratically elected senator of Pennsylvania, no matter the party.
 
This gets into a more extreme aspect of Watermark's philosophy which leads him to things like opposing term limits.
 
Watermarx said:
His "own electorate" is the people in the general election. Which party decides to nominate him is secondary. If he wins the general election in Pennsylvania, he has been rightfully and democratically elected senator of Pennsylvania, no matter the party.
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He's afraid of facing his own party electorate. It;s like going to a dance with one chick and then making out with another.

Of course, you would go with one chick, and then make out with a dude.
 
Jarod said:
The public is very happy about B. Obama's first 100 days and that is illistrated by Arlen Spectors switch to the Democratic party. It appears that part of the deal was that Obama would agree to campaign with him for reelection!

I doubt many Democrats were trying to make deals to get Bush to campaign with them in the last election!


Obama is off to a great start, the Democrats Regan!
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To reiterate what has already been stated multiple times Spector's move was pure political opportunisim. It doesn't have anything to do with Obama's popularity. The U.S. as a whole isn't voting in PA's Senate race in 2010. Spector's no dummy, he see's the polls showing himself losing the Republican primary. He wants to stay on as Senator so he switches to the Democrats.
 
AssHatZombie said:
No. It illustrates what a scumbag Spector is for switching parties rather than facing the actual democratic process.
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Please, explain that one to me. He still has to go through the Democratic primaries and still win election. How has he no faced the democratic process? How comes it's ok for a southern conservative to switch from the Democratic party to the Republcian party but it's not ok for a moderate Republican to switch parties when the Republican party is dominated by conservatives way far to the right of the mainstream. I'd love to hear your explanation of this.
 
The only things it illustrates is the fact that he knows he can not win the Republican nomination, and his main interest is retaining is office any way possible, plain and simple. I'd be surprised if he could win on the Democratic ticket as well. Especially after more than 40 years with the Republicans.Then again, I think he has always been a Democrat and registered as a Republican out of political expediency. When he won the office of District Attorney in 1965, he ran on the Republican ticket as a registered Democrat.
 
Norman Paperman said:
The only things it illustrates is the fact that he knows he can not win the Republican nomination, and his main interest is retaining is office any way possible, plain and simple. I'd be surprised if he could win on the Democratic ticket as well. Especially after more than 40 years with the Republicans.Then again, I think he has always been a Democrat and registered as a Republican out of political expediency. When he won the office of District Attorney in 1965, he ran on the Republican ticket as a registered Democrat.
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You would be the only one surprised. That's why the Republican party is on it's way to being a joke. It's becoming a small tent regional party of ideological far right conservatives. That's an untenable position for any politician that has a broad based electorate to answer to. As long as you are derogatory of anyone not far right enough or conservative enough the you're party doesn't stand a chance. Unless Republicans start working hard to get rid of the conservative ideologues running their party they are seriously fucked.

What will it take for ya'll to see this? Losing ten more senate seats? Losing half a dozen presidential elections in a row? A Supreme Court composed completely of democratic appointees? When will you see the light?
 
When a Democrat switches to Republican, they've seen the light.

When a Republican switches to Democrat, they're a scumbag traitor ruthless politician etc. etc.
 
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