arlen specter

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/us/politics/25baker.html "For three months, the White House has refused to say whether it offered a job to Representative Joe Sestak to get him to drop his challenge to Senator Arlen Specter in a Pennsylvania Democratic primary, as Mr. Sestak has asserted...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/ "PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday was defeated in a Democratic primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching from the GOP. Voters picked U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and...

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/feb/obama-tried-buy-specter-s-opponent You realize, this is a federal crime. "Whoever solicits or receives … any….thing of value, in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place...

The newest Democrat steps into a minefield: To call that a political tin ear would be insulting to tin ears. The mind boggles, especially since Franken looks the most likely winner. I thought when Specter announced his party switch that now he could annoy the crap out of Democrats; my guess...

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_05/018022.php That would appear to be the take-away message for Sen. Inhofe of Oklahoma. Crazy, wonderfully, stark-raving mad, bat-**** crazy. Fraser on Cheers once asked Cliff Claven what color was the sky in his world. One...

Breaking news..... All part of the plot to keep Franken out of the Senate (with Franken representing the elusive 60th vote, Colman more apt to appeal from here till the cows come home... ;) ) From the AP: Specter says he's switching from GOP to Dems By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer Apr...

Thread title says it all. Please enlighten us, RedIbis.

Though also fit for the politics section, I felt this was relevant enough to many of the threads here to also post here: COMMENTARY: Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus by ROBERT PARRY http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/011907Parry.shtml

Doesn't Congress know that in a time of crisis the Executive trumps the other two branches of government? Even if the timeline of that crisis stretches to the ends of western civilization...