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Makes me wonder what deals went on in Washington with Specter’s migration to the democratic party. While I don’t disagree that his level of experience can be very valuable, I don’t believe he has demonstrated that he brings what the people of PA want, need and have demanded, and that is change.

We need to reign in any democrat who isn’t helping the President’s agenda move forward, and all lawmakers who are not to meet the voters demand for change in Washington. When any lawmaker votes in a way that appears at odds with what people are demanding, I expect him to be able to say why he has voted the way he has, and simply claiming to be an independent thinker isn’t enough.

I think we need to get him out of there, unless we can look back and see a real voting history for change in Washington. I have been in doubt about his party switch since it happened. Sure he didn’t like the fact that the far right of his previous party was targeting him, but aside from that, what was wrong with being a moderate Republican? Why not just stay that way. If his voting record was really good for Pennsylvanians would continue to support him as they have all along. But his party switch had more to do with keeping his job than it had to do with how he governs or makes his decisions. Once past the next election, then what? A return to the Republican Party?

Our system was designed to be one of checks and balances. Yet, it has become one where lobby money rules. The change the American people demanded with the last election was one towards greater transparency; a move away from overwhelming influence by big business and especially the banking and healthcare industries; and a return to a focus on civil rights for all and an over turn of those government practices and policies which eroded basic civil liberties. Our role as the voters is to keep demanding that we see this, and especially the legislative and executive branch’s roles are to hold each other accountable to that- keep pushing it for more and more of what the american people want, need and have a right to expect. The Judicial branch’s responsibility is to keep the things done by these other branches legal and constitutional. That ought to make a win/win for everyone.

If Specter runs unopposed, who wins? Specter along- not the people.

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