washingtonmonthly.com - 6/30/2009
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THE PROMISES OF PRIMARY PRESSURE.... Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, up until fairly recently, opposed including a public option in health care reform. This week, he reversed course. I wonder why that is. Speaking [on Thursday] to a large and...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/25/2009
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Speaking moments ago to a large crowd of
union organizers and health reform advocates in a brewing...
house just North of the Capitol, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) said he supports a public insurance option. "Schumer has it right about having a public ...
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Specter: Schumer Has It Right On The Public Option
wayneindependent.com - 7/1/2009
openleft.com - 6/26/2009
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openleft.com —
In a validation of the progressive primary challenge
strategy, Arlen Specter today reversed his position on a...
public health care option. Here was Arlen Specter on May 3rd when he was up by 40 points in his primary campaign against Joe Sestak: MR. ...
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I Got The "Make Them Do It" Blues
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You Had to Go and Say It, Didn’t You?
The Poor Man Institute —
... for primary challenges for those Dems that opposed the public option in health care legislation has already yielded results (if you ignore chronology, actual level of influence and several other key factors), and given that it’s one of the few tools available to those that want to ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 6/26/2009 — Learning to love big government.
Brian Beutler reports that at yesterday’s health care rally, Arlen Specter (D-PA) embraced the public plan that he’d opposed just a few months ago:
Speaking moments ago to a large and animated crowd ...
Former opponent endorses Specter —
CNN Political Ticker 6/30/2009
Sen. Arlen Specter has received the endorsement of a former opponent.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Joe Torsella, a former candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, endorsed one-time Sen. Arlen Specter Tuesday for the Democratic nomination.
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