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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:00 AM

What Specter's switch says about him, the Democrats and our political spectrum

There's a reason he's been a Republican for 45 years: because he affirms most of their defining beliefs.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:28 PM

    bamage

    Yes - it makes today's "other" news a little easier to take. Along with this from Glenn, that is:

    Arlen Specter is one of the worst, most soul-less, most belief-free individuals in politics.

    I so utterly agree with this sentence.

    —EJ Read EJ's other letters

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