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Specter Says He Won't Be a "Straight Party-Line Vote"

For Democrats any more than he was for Republicans."

But, of course he WAS a straight party-line vote for Republicans! They were angry at him more because he made moderate NOISES than votes!

He SOUNDED like a moderate and they couldn't stand that. He got no credit for weaseling on what he pretended were his principles and for Kow-towing to Rush Limbaugh.

The question is: will he be the same kind of genuflecting coward for the Democrats as he was for the Republicans?

Or, as is more likely, is he simply trying to out-Lieberman, Lieberman by appealing to Independents and "moderate" Democrats who are ignorant of his actual positions on issues and like his "moderate" "bi-partisan" image on TV?

Regardless of what the party leadership says this guy desperately needs to be primaried!

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by: Cugel @ Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 13:30:51 PM CDT