SPECTOCRAT!! YES SPECTER CAN!!!

Yes Senator Arlen Specter can become a democrate after serving 29 years in the senate as a Republiccan. Crossing the aile to the opposite side was a bitter sweet decision for the senator. The Pennslyvanian senator consistently has had a marverick streak about him in the mould --in the mold of John McCain -- and often votes against his party. This has tended to rub off republicans the wrong way. And frustrated rebpulicans were determined to push him out by supporting his more conservative opponent in the primary. Most polls have Arlen Specter trailing or tying his primary opponent for the 2010 senatorial campaign. Switching parties does two things for Specter. Nmber one, it relieves him of the frustration of being part of a group that he consistently fights against and they openly dislike him for his wayward voting record. Second, it helps him ward off an imminent defeat from a more conservative in the republican primary. As a Democrat in a democratic state, all he would need to do is to clinch the democratic primary--and democrats will certainly reward him for switching in this crucial time -- and the statewide contest in November 2010 will be a forgone conculsion.

For Democrats, Arlen Specter gets them pretty close to the magic 60, which is the filibustor proof number. With the addition of Specter, Democrats get 60 once Franken is seated.