Arlen Specter: from the Republican to the Democratic Party

[Icadon]

Haya ngoma inogile, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch from The Republican to the Democratic Party.

NN what is your input on this switch?

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Haya ngoma inogile, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch from The Republican to the Democratic Party.

NN what is your input on this switch?

Good riddance! He knew he was going to struggle in the GOP primary anyways so he decided to switch now rather than suffer the embarrassment of losing in the primary.

And he has never been a solid conservative to begin with. So let him go. Next can be McCain and his daughter Megan....we don't want people of their ilk in our camp.

 

[Jasusi]

Akina Dick Cheney walie tu. At 29% who wouldn't run from a sinking ship?

 

[Icadon]

Next stop ni ME, tuta hakikisha kuwa Susan Collins na Olympia Snow nao wana switch kuwa Dems.......tunataka corridor yetu hii kuanzia NE mpaka VA iwe ni blue tu!! Tedisco kapigwa chini NY, yule Shays katoswa CT na Specter ndio huyoooooooo....! Yaani ukiangalia PA, NY, CT, VT, RI, MA, NH, ME, MA, VA na DE hakuna rethuglican yeyote mwenyewe nguvu yaani baadhi ya hizo state ukiondoa VA hakuna hata congressional delegates....hiyo inaitwa HATUWATAKI HUKU KWETU!!😀 Upuuzi wenu ni huko huko masauzi kwa wajinga wajinga! Hahahaha

hahah babu umenichekesha sana hapo, hili meli ya GOP naona lishaanza kujaza mimaji kila mtu anatafuta pa kutokea.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

hahah babu umenichekesha sana hapo, hili meli ya GOP naona lishaanza kujaza mimaji kila mtu anatafuta pa kutokea.

Endeleeni kujidanganya tu.....

Na huyo Olympia Snow sijui anasubiri nini....wachukeni wote....

 

[Icadon]

Endeleeni kujidanganya tu.....

Na huyo Olympia Snow sijui anasubiri nini....wachukeni wote....

Huko GOP kuna kazi tena si ndogo.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Veteran Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter told colleagues Tuesday that he switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party, Sen. Harry Reid says.

The Specter party switch would give Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate majority of 60 seats if Al Franken holds his current lead in the disputed Minnesota Senate race.

"Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right," Specter said in a statement posted by his office on PoliticsPA.com.

"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."

Specter, a five-term Senate veteran, was greeted by a loud, sustained round of applause by dozens of constituents outside his Washington office shortly after the news broke.

"I don't have to say anything to them," a smiling Specter said. "They've said it to me."

President Obama called Specter shortly after learning the news during his daily economic briefing in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning, according to a senior administration official.

"You have my full support, and we're thrilled to have you," Obama told Specter.

Jubilant Senate Democrats also welcomed the news.

"Sen. Specter and I have had a long dialogue about his place in an evolving Republican party," Senate Majority Leader Reid, D-Nevada, said in a written statement.

"We have not always agreed on every issue, but [he] has shown a willingness to work in a bipartisan manner, put people over party and do what is right for Pennsylvanians and all Americans."

Reid called Specter a "man of honor and integrity" who would be welcome in the Democratic caucus.

Specter was expected to face a very tough primary challenge in 2010 from former Rep. Pat Toomey, who nearly defeated Specter in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary in 2004.

A Quinnipiac University survey of registered Pennsylvania voters released last month showed Specter trailing the more conservative Toomey in a hypothetical primary matchup, 41 to 27 percent.

A separate Franklin & Marshall survey showed Specter leading Toomey 33 to 18 percent. Another 42 percent, however, were undecided.

More than half of the Republicans polled in the Franklin & Marshall survey said they would prefer to see someone new in the Senate.

Numerous Republicans are angry with Specter over his recent vote in support of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan.

Specter, one of only three GOP senators to vote for the measure, has been part of a dwindling group of GOP moderates from the northeastern part of the country.

 

[BAK]

Haya ngoma inogile, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch from The Republican to the Democratic Party.

NN what is your input on this switch?

Yule comedian wa MN akipitishwa basi DEMS watafikisha ile magic # ya 60

 

[Mwawado]

Yule comedian wa MN akipitishwa basi DEMS watafikisha ile magic # ya 60

Maneno ndiyo yapo hapo,Tunasubiri tu Mahakama impe ushindi Al-Franken (Minnesota) ili Democratic wawe na Majority Filibuster....Maana huko senate margin itakuwa 60/40,Lakini pia haitokuwa nzuri sana kwa Obama,Maana hawa jamaa watalalamika kuwa wanaburuzwa!!!

 

[Koba]

.....lazima kuhakikisha hii Republican philosophy iliyojificha ndani ya racism,ant minority & ant labour inafutika maana imetesa mamilioni ya watu kwa miaka mingi sana!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Maneno ndiyo yapo hapo,Tunasubiri tu Mahakama impe ushindi Al-Franken (Minnesota) ili Democratic wawe na Majority Filibuster....Maana huko senate margin itakuwa 60/40,Lakini pia haitokuwa nzuri sana kwa Obama,Maana hawa jamaa watalalamika kuwa wanaburuzwa!!!

Actually sasa hivi Democraps wana majority ya 61/39 na mmoja independent-Joe Lieberman...

Na huyo Franken wampe tu huo ushindi wa mezani....na mimi naona hii ni pouwa sana maana kwa sisi American politics junkies tunakumbuka vizuri sana mwaka '76-'80 pale Jimmy Carter alipokuwa na majority kama hii hii ya O'Bummer na wote tunajua bila ubishi kilichotokea kwenye uchaguzi mkuu wa mwaka '80.

Na ukiangalia kwa undani zaidi utaona sasa Republicans watakuwa sio wa kubebeshwa lawama tena mambo yakienda mrama maana sasa Democraps wana uwingi wa kufanya watakacho na hawataweza kuwalaumu Republicans eti wanawakwamisha. I love it. I love it. I love it.

 

[BAK]

Maneno ndiyo yapo hapo,Tunasubiri tu Mahakama impe ushindi Al-Franken (Minnesota) ili Democratic wawe na Majority Filibuster....Maana huko senate margin itakuwa 60/40,Lakini pia haitokuwa nzuri sana kwa Obama,Maana hawa jamaa watalalamika kuwa wanaburuzwa!!!

Mwawado hapo GOP wanastahili kabisa kuburuzwa maana wao kazi ya ni kuhakikisha wanamcriticise OB na serikali yake kila kukicha kwa maamuzi yake mbali mbali ili iwasaidie kuongeza viti kwenye congress na senate 2010. Waache waburuzwe tu maana hawana jipya.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Mwawado hapo GOP wanastahili kabisa kuburuzwa maana wao kazi ya ni kuhakikisha wanamcriticise OB na serikali yake kila kukicha kwa maamuzi yake mbali mbali ili iwasaidie kuongeza viti kwenye congress na senate 2010. Waache waburuzwe tu maana hawana jipya.

Oooh really Bubu Ataka Kusema?!!? Kama vile Democraps kazi yao haikuwa kumkosoa Bush na serikali yake day in day out. Huyu O'Bummer wenu kila kukicha anamlaumu Bush..yaani yuko kwenye campaign mode 24/7. Damn I hate the liberals with their hypocrisy and double standards. I hate them

 

[Pundamilia07]

Maneno ndiyo yapo hapo,Tunasubiri tu Mahakama impe ushindi Al-Franken (Minnesota) ili Democratic wawe na Majority Filibuster....Maana huko senate margin itakuwa 60/40,Lakini pia haitokuwa nzuri sana kwa Obama,Maana hawa jamaa watalalamika kuwa wanaburuzwa!!!

Lakini nadhani Democratic wakipata viti 60 kwenye senate, itakuwa ni wakati mzuri wa Pres. Obama kutekeleza ahadi au ndoto yake ya kuondoa Red and Blue kwa maana ya kuwaleta waamerika wote pamoja. Ukiangalia historia ya Obama katika nafasi mbalimbali alizopitia hasa kuanzia pale Occidental na hadi sasa, amekuwa somehow consistency na style yake ya uongozi. He always tries to bring minority close bila ya kujali wako wapi.
Nafikiri ni wakati muhimu sana kwake kuweza kuchanga karata za kisiasa vizuri sana. Ninadhani hata GOP wenyewe wanashukuru hali hii inatokea while Obama is president lakini ingekuwa ni kiongozi mwingine kungeweza kuwa na possibility ya abuse of that privilege.

 

[BAK]

Oooh really Bubu Ataka Kusema?!!? Kama vile Democraps kazi yao haikuwa kumkosoa Bush na serikali yake day in day out. Huyu O'Bummer wenu kila kukicha anamlaumu Bush..yaani yuko kwenye campaign mode 24/7. Damn I hate the liberals with their hypocrisy and double standards. I hate them

Kichaka is the worst president ever. He lied in order to invade Iraq. He squandered budget surplus of billions dollars and left budget deficit of $1.4 Trillion. He destroyed US' reputation all over the World. Alistahili kabisa kuzodolewa naona ana sifa kama rafiki yake Kikwete ambaye naye uongozi umemshinda kabisa pamoja na ahadi chungu nzima. Kwa maoni yangu sidhani kama atatokea tena Rais ambaye atakuwa na rekodi mbaya US kama Kichaka.Hakuwahi kufanikiwa katika lolote katika maisha yake alipewa timu ya baseball ikamshinda, akapewa biashara ya mafuta na akaiba uchaguzi 2000 na 2004 na kuiacha Marekani hoi bin taabani.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Kwa maoni yangu sidhani kama atatokea tena Rais ambaye atakuwa na rekodi mbaya US kama Kichaka..

Kwa taarifa yako hiyo rekodi inashikiliwa na Jimmy Carter!! Ndio maana alishindwa na Ronald Reagan kwa kishindo!! Get your history straight.

Hakuwahi kufanikiwa katika lolote katika maisha yake alipewa timu ya baseball ikamshinda, akapewa biashara ya mafuta na akaiba uchaguzi 2000 na 2004 na kuiacha Marekani hoi bin taabani.

Uko hapa safe na tokea 2001 na Marekani haijaguswa na magaidi. Oh wait a minute....only kwa ma-liberals kama wewe hayo siyo mafanikio.