post-gazette.com - 2/22/2009
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Surely, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter has seen this movie before. Last week, he rode to the rescue of Democrats, delivering a critical vote on the $787 billion economic stimulus package -- thus ensuring a posse of the state's conservatives will go after him in next year's GOP primary. It's a ...
kdka.com - 2/20/2009
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kdka.com —
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was
greeted with jeers at a press conference in Cranberry...
Township. Conservatives are fuming after Specter cast the deciding vote that led to the passage of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan. ...
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Protestors Jeer Sen. Arlen Specter For Supporting ...
hotair.com - 2/16/2009
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hotair.com —
I have one last thought on the Porkulus
events from last week. This weekend, Mitch and I...
took a lot of calls on the passage of Porkulus, with many demanding some retribution for Senators Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. Usually, ...
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The real betrayal of Specter, Collins, and Snowe
blogs.mcall.com - 2/25/2009
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blogs.mcall.com —
Pennsylvania Republican Committee Chairman Robert Gleason Jr. said
in an interview today that the state party may...
not support Sen. Arlen Specter in the Republican primary next year -- a day after his national counterpart suggested that GOP supporters ...
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Gleason: Pa. GOP may not back Specter
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George of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Doesn’t Get EFCA… or Does He?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... In a recent issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a story on the delicate political spot occupied by Senator Arlen Specter was discussed showing that he has worked himself into a can’t win for loosing situation. He’s made both sides mad with his erratic stance on both sides of the political fence. ...
George of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Doesn’t Get EFCA… or Does He?
Stop The ACLU —
-By Warner Todd Huston In a recent issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , a story on the delicate political spot occupied by Senator Arlen Specter was discussed showing that he has worked himself into a can’t win for loosing situation. He’s made both sides mad with his erratic stance on both sides of the political fence. But one quote by Bill George the head of the Penn. AFL-CIO was telling about how unions view the Employee Free Choice Act. At least in George’s case, he proves to either have no clue what’s in the EFCA, or he knows all too well and is willing to obfuscate just ...
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