Breakfast Scramble (Friday)

As Time Goes By, a promise is just Dumbo’s mere words, from Investor Business Daily:

War On Terror: The Obama White House has absurdly called closing the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison “a national security imperative.” The administration’s own

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out Arlen! Specter gives final Senate floor speech, from Shira Toeplitz, Politico:

Ever the prosecutor, Sen. Arlen Specter delivered a critical attack of partisan politics in his self-described “closing argument”

Won is the loneliest number, By Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Congressmen Jason Altmire and Tim Murphy have previous engagements.  Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and Rep. Mike Doyle are out of town on anniversary trips with their wives. Allegheny

STFU Arlen,from Andy Barr, Politico:

As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party “takeover.”

We, the American people, can

Ya know, there are times when you just have to let it out, and laugh in their faces.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter called his fellow Democrat, Rep. Joe Sestak, a “flagrant hypocrite” and accused his rival of

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This is the The “ChooChoo, Daddy!” Edition.

• The Honeymoon is officially over:  Jennifer Rubin:
  

  The jig is up.

  The stimulus is a

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This is the “Still in the truck stop” edition

•  Minority Broadcasters, again: Limbaugh touched on this yesterday:  I lived through the

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This is the “Future Camper” Edition

• I have the POWER…. So now Arlen Specter is willing to compromise on “Card Check”?  I

Melissa Clouthier makes an argument at Pajamas Media that I’ve been making,…. both here and there… for quite some time, now:

I’m tired of Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Tom Ridge, and the rest of them. I’m tired of

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This is the “No Little Fish” edition.  I mean, I like Anchovies, but on pizza? No thanks.

• Respecting other Cultures: James Joyner:

I think is one of the things politicians do to delude  themselves.   They tell that supporting their particular pet project is somehow beneficial for the nation as a whole.

One the vile thing about democrats in general,, and B.J. Clinton

Glossary:

RINO – Republican in Name Only.

DINO – Democrat in Name Only.

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly, discovers in a week what it took the republcans twenty-nine years to discover:

[Arlen] Specter wants Democratic votes, but doesn’t want to

An annoying note at The New Ledger which to my view exemplifies the problems conservatives face with the Repubclican estabishment:

NRSC Vice-Chairman Orrin Hatch said today that he doesn’t believe former Congressman Pat Toomey has a chance to beat newly

To begin with, let’s get a snip of this morning’s op-ed up on National Review:

Arlen Specter belongs to a type familiar to Congress: the time-serving hack devoid of any principle save arrogance. He has spent three decades in the

Senator Arlen Specter, (U – Scotland) has made if official.  He will caucus with the Democrats and seek re-electiion as a Democrat.

Chris Cillizza, Washington Post:

Specter To Switch Parties

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation