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...disturbing that Specter, one of the few moderate Republicans left in the Senate, would rather abandon the Republican Party than take his chances against a more conservative primary opponent. As the Republican Party shifts further away from center, Specter??s defection shows that being a successful Republican means moving toward political extremes, while being a moderate Republican means imminent unemployment. More importantly, it shows that the GOP is either drifting right on purpose or is just powerless to stop itself. Specter??s close defeat of Toomey in 2004 was likely thanks to a late endorsement from...
...prove prove this was more than a desperate attempt to remain in power beyond 2010. However, as the Republican Party line is slowly radicalized, voting left of it should become easy, especially for a senator with a history of siding with Democrats. It is this history that makes Specter??s announcement less significant to Senate politics than most Democrats would like to believe. Ultimately, voting patterns may not change that much now that Specter has a “D” after his name. However, Specter??s defection is significant in exposing the slow extinction...
...been more than a decade since Chile’s much-vaunted transition to democracy, but the presence—now the specter??of a man I had begun to think of as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named still haunts the country, perpetuating its bi-polar economic, political, and social environment. And despite the outpouring last Sunday, it is unlikely that his death will change anything...
...cast aside simply for the administration’s short-term convenience.President Bush’s legislation, while at the forefront of current debate, is not the only dangerous proposition. Even more disturbing is a bill currently in the Senate’s Committee on Armed Services. Arlen Specter??s bill, the Unprivileged Combatant Act of 2006, would allow captives to be designated “unprivileged combatants,” who are explicitly denied Geneva Convention protections. Such a provision would completely emasculate the treaty, destroying it in practice if not in theory.If the United States reserves...
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