Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: switching parties

switching parties stories: 5 news summaries
analysis

Specter Finds His Inner Democrat

After rocky beginning, GOP turncoat sticks to new side of aisle

May 21, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter’s first days as a Democrat may not have gone well, but since then he’s settled in and sided with his new party on nearly every vote, Politico reports. He’s gone from staunch opponent of the Employee Free Choice act to a key negotiator for it,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Senate • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Democrat • switching parties

Dems in a Snit Over Specter's Cozy Deal

Senate honchos fume as newbie prepares to leapfrog to top jobs

Apr 30, 09 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some top Democratic senators are rebelling against the deal that brought Arlen Specter into the fold, the Hill reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the aisle-crosser he could keep the 28 years of seniority he gained as a GOP senator, infuriating long-serving Democrats whom Specter will now likely leapfrog... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Senate Appropriations Committee • party politics • switching parties

 Biden Wooed Specter for Years 


Apr 29, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden is the Democrat perhaps most responsible for Arlen Specter’s defection, Politico reports. The VP told a crowd yesterday that he had been trying to convince the Pennsylvania Republican “that he is really a Democrat” for more than 20 years. Specter's onetime Senate colleague recently stepped up... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Joe Biden • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Senate Republicans • vice president • Obama administration • switching parties

New Kansas Governor Is Party Switcher

Mark Parkinson, who turned Dem to run with Sebelius, sworn in

Apr 29, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Kathleen Sebelius now confirmed as the country's new health and human services secretary, Kansas has a new governor: Mark Parkinson, a Republican-turned-Democrat who will serve out her term until the end of next year. At a hastily assembled inauguration ceremony Parkinson pledged to alleviate "the real pain that... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Mark Parkinson • Obama Cabinet • switching parties

Specter: I'm Not 'Automatic 60th Vote' for Dems

GOP colleagues 'stunned,' angered by senator's party switch

Apr 28, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter said he will not blindly toe the party line, Politico reports. “I will not be an automatic 60th vote,” the veteran Pennsylvania senator said, pointing out recent opposition to a unionization bill. “If the Democratic Party asks too much, I will not... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • RNC • Senate • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Senate Republicans • John Cornyn • senator • 2010 election • Michael Steele • switching parties

5 Stories


from our news partners