Malkin has a post.
Blurb from WaPo:
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, according to sources informed on the decision.
Specter’s decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next Senator from Minnesota. (Former Sen. Norm Coleman is appealing Franken’s victory in the state Supreme Court.)
“I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election.”
“Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.”
Quick note: The Republican Party has not moved “far to the right.” The Democratic Party has moved to the left and has very deftly and craftily dragged ”the Center” to the left as well. And they’ve been helped by people like Arlen Specter who have apparently forgotten what Ronald Reagan actually believed and stood for.
Future piece: “The New Center: How Liberals Moved the Middle to the Left in American Politics” (0r something like that)
