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Defector Specter Just Playing to Pa. Primary Politics

Shrewd senator had no future as a Republican

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2009 2:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – Why did Arlen Specter defect? It’s tempting to paint Specter as part of a post-Obama ideological realignment, but there’s a much more concrete explanation, Eric Kleefeld writes for Talking Points Memo: reelection. Pennsylvania is a closed-primary state, and between 150,000 and 200,...   Read full story »

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