On March 10th I wrote that Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania had two choices: Not run for reelection or switch to the Democratic Party. Today he announced the switch. You can read a summation of the punditry from the PoliticalWire.
Poor Olympia Snowe of Maine said of her Republican Party:
"We're heading to having the smallest political tent in history, the way things are unfolding."
Just think, five years ago Karl Rove was talking about the Republican Party becoming the permanent majority party. In my wildest Democratic dreams I could have never predicted their party would fall this hard this fast.
Now primary politics are an issue. Will the Republicans nominate absolutely unelectable Pat Toomey now that Specter's out? If they do that will energize Democrats to nominate a real Democrat (not Specter).
My next prediction is that Obama will send signals that he'd like Specter to be welcomed into the Democratic fold and not challenged in a primary. It will be fun to see how this plays out.
Keep playing in your ever shrinking tent! But play nice. If you don't worship Rush they'll push you out and claim they never knew you.
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