bucy wrote:

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said on Tuesday he would switch to the Democratic party, presenting Democrats with a possible 60th vote and the power to break Senate filibusters as they try to advance the Obama administration’s new agenda.

I like how the Republicans tried to twist what he did into something other than him fleeing to the Democrats because his own party was about to destroy his career because he wouldn't do their bidding over the will of his constituents.

RE: Specter To Switch Parties - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com