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Timothy McNulty | June 8, 2009 Reactions to Saturday's speech by Arlen Specter (via GrassrootsPa ): Huffington Post : Unflagging grass-roots lobbying pressure on the newly-converted Democratic Senator, Arlen Specter, who previously said he couldn't support the bill, led Specter over the weekend...
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Timothy McNulty | June 6, 2009 Here's Arlen Specter's full speech to the Democratic State Committee today in Pittsburgh -- though without the joke about using Obama's teleprompters: Senator Arlen Specter Prepared Text June 6, 2009 Thank you for that very warm introduction. Your warmth and...
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Timothy McNulty | June 3, 2009 Arlen Specter's speech to the state's Democratic Committee In Pittsburgh this weekend will be Saturday afternoon, instead of Friday night as previously planned. He is switching it so as not to get in the way of remembrances of late Lt. Gov. Cathy Baker Knoll, his...
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Timothy McNulty | June 3, 2009 Progressive groups have started a Specter Scorecard to track the new Democrat's votes on issues like Employee Free Choice/card-check, clean water and health care reform. (A note to the web designers -- you might want to have an intern do a spell-check on the site. See...
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Timothy McNulty | May 7, 2009 The White House is so concerned about newly-minted Dem Arlen Specter becoming "permantently damaged" politically that it sent top top aides to Capitol Hill yesterday to meet with him, the WashPost's Chris Cillizza says : A series of odd incidents that have...
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Timothy McNulty | may 6, 2009 That's the headline on Politico's writethru of Specter's seniority stripping. Read on for comments from fellow senators, including Bob Casey: Since declaring himself a Democrat last Tuesday, Specter has defied Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the White House...
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Timothy McNulty | May 5, 2009 Oy. We mentioned this earlier , but HuffPost is the first to come up with Specter's full comment and context in his talk with NYT Mag on Norm Coleman. His fellow Democrats are not going to like it. Here it is : In an interview with the New York Times Magazine , the newly...
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Timothy McNulty | May 5, 2009 Whether it's the Ridge momentum or pressure from progressive Dems -- or Specter's embrace of Norm Coleman -- Democrats now seem to be racing to contest Specter in the Dem primary, after seeming surprised and crestfallen just last week. Joe Sestak is telling more...
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Timothy McNulty | May 5, 2009 It's only been a week since Arlen Specter's party switch and a lot of support from his new friends in the Democratic party is clearly in danger of sluicing away. Here's the HuffPost interviewing former DNC head Howard Dean and Dem consultant James Carville. "I'm...
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Timothy McNulty | May 1, 2009 It's going to be a weird year. The National Republican Senatorial Committee agrees with Glenn Greenwald ? The NRSC just issued an email making sure us media types know about the below NYT story, which notes that Greenwald's "Accountability Now" PAC may...