Thread: Welcome to the loss of democracy!

I would just like to say that this was my biggest fear during the election, we now have a complete one party system in our government, which is just the same as communism, with a one party system the voices of Americans will be ignored and any agenda that the dems hold now will pass and were all stuck under a loss of sovereignty! This is a huge deal to me considering we no longer have any balance in our government.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix ... rties.html

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."

President Obama was informed of Specter's decision at around 10:25 a.m., according to White House officials, and reached out to the senator minutes later to tell him "you have my full support," and we are "thrilled to have you."

Specter as a Democrat would also fundamentally alter the 2010 calculus in Pennsylvania as he was expected to face a difficult primary challenge next year from former Rep. Pat Toomey. The only announced Democrat in the race is former National Constitution Center head Joe Torsella although several other candidates are looking at the race.

The precariousness of Specter's political position -- a Republican in a Democratic-leaning state -- was on display earlier this year when he was one of three GOP senators to back President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan. That vote was strongly condemned by conservative Republicans and Toomey used that vote as the launching pad for his candidacy.

Because of the shrinking Republican vote in the state, Specter was seen as a dead man walking politically in the primary with polling showing him trailing Toomey by ten or more points. The bar for Specter to run as an independent was also extremely high due to the rules governing such a third party candidacy.

That left a Democratic candidacy as Specter's best option if he wanted to remain in the Senate beyond 2010.

By Chris Cillizza | April 28, 2009; 11:51 AM ET

hope and pray he gets defeated. Maybe by then people will be so discusted with Nobama that he will lose. There are several elections coming up in 2010 so what makes him think democraps will prevail?

Originally Posted by agrneydgrl

hope and pray he gets defeated. Maybe by then people will be so discusted with Nobama that he will lose. There are several elections coming up in 2010 so what makes him think democraps will prevail?

If the dems get their amnesty they will have millions of new voters plus complete control of our way of life before the elections are even close!!!

I think there are Independents that are leaning or will lean
right as Obama fumbles around and ruins our country.

I also think the right will win many of the seats coming up.....

We lost nothing in Arlen Spector.