Arlen Specter

USA TODAYEx-senators Specter, Bennett reflect on Lugar's lossUSA TODAYBy Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Two longtime senators who were ousted in 2010 have different ideas about the impact of Sen. Richard Lugar's defeat at the hands of a new Tea Party favorite. Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter, a Republican turned ...Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and securityThe Associated PressNine Women Win Congressional Primaries in Indiana, North Carolina, West VirginiaForbesThe Tea Party's...Read Full Story

By DICK ARMEY And MATT KIBBE Republicans seem particularly prone to doing the same thing again and again, expecting a different result. While grass-roots Americans seem more committed than ever to taking their country back from an entrenched political class, particularly those occupying the White House and the U.S. Senate, GOP cognoscenti seem reluctant to offer voters a clear choice in 2012. President Obama's re-election campaign is doubling down on the failed economic policies of tax, spend...Read Full Story

Former Sen. Arlen Specter Says "Mitt Romney Changes Positions More Than Pornographic Movie Queen" (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Quote of the Day:  Former Sen. Arlen Specter in an interview on Morning Joe:  ”Mitt Romney changes positions more often than a pornographic movie queen.” Specter was promoting his new book, Life Among Cannibals. His comment is hilarious but true….. Arlen Specter isn’t the only one who can’t stand Mitt Romney. It seems that the majority of Americans can’t either. That...Read Full Story

"I made no promise about supporting anybody. I wouldn't do it. It would be wrong to make a promise in advance of knowing who the nominee was and what the qualifications were." Former Senator Arlen Specterby Clifford F. ThiesAccording to Saint Rick, who follows the Catholic Church in everything (well, except when he doesn't, like on immigration policy), he supported Arlen Specter back in the days Arlen was a moderate Republican, because of a deal involving support for conservative nominees for...Read Full Story

From Eric Dondero:The far leftwing Buzzfeed.com gave the libertarian moniker to former ultra-liberal Republican-turned-Democrat Senator Arlen Specter in a recent piece - "The Four Endorsements Republican Candidates Wish They Had Back".At last night's Republican debate in Arizona, Rick Santorum took considerable flack for his endorsement of the libertarian Arlen Specter over the more conservative Pat Toomey. But each candidate has some endorsement skeletons in their own closets. Be it...Read Full Story

Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter is a Democrat, but was a Republicanfrom 1965 until switching to the Democratic Party in 2009. First elected in 1980, he represented his state for thirty years in the Senate. (Wikipedia) … and he is funny!Read Full Story

Specter: No point in Santorum continuingJohn King USA | Added on April 5, 2012Former Senator Arlen Specter speculates that Rick Santorum has ulterior motives for staying in the race.Read Full Story

MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON As Arlen Specter leaves the Senate after 30 years, the one-time corruption-busting Philadelphia prosecutor and architect of the "single-bullet theory" of the John F. Kennedy assassination says he wouldn't change a thing about his zig-zag-zig political path. Specter began and ended — for now — his political life as a Democrat and spent the intervening four decades as a Republican. But he sees himself as an...Read Full Story

It was an interesting day at the polls today for our friends from four different states.  Here is a brief overview of the results. PENNSYLVANIA In the Special Election to fill the late John Murtha’s seat for District 12, Mark Critz (D) has defeated Tim Burns (R). For Governor of Pennsylvania with present Governor Ed Rendell (D) reaching [...]Read Full Story

The following is the text of an email message I sent to Shanin Specter, Esq. of Kline & Specter.  Mr. Specter is the son of former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. Shanin Specter, Esq.Kline & Specter Dear Mr. Specter: I may face federal criminal prosecution for defrauding the U.S. Social Security Administration of hundreds of thousands of dollars.  In the event the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia does file criminal charges I solicit your legal representation in this matter. The...Read Full Story