Specter Defects to Democrats

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2009 11:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Arlen Specter is jumping to the Democrats, leaving the party excruciatingly close to a filibuster-proof Senate majority, reports Politico. Sources say VP Joe Biden was key to the effort to recruit the Pennsylvania senator. “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan... Read full story »

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