Except Spector was never a Republican. He was a NENO (not even in name only)

>The rumors are true:
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>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97RIT0G0&show_article=1
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>Snippet:
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> Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year that will also push Democrats closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority.
>"I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," Specter said in a statement posted on a Web site devoted to Pennsylvania politics and confirmed by his office. Several Senate officials said a formal announcement could come later in the day or Wednesday.
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>It was actually announced on CNN as a done deal just now, but I couldn't find a link that was dated today (yet).