This is definitely history repeating itself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/28/nine-party-switches-made_n_192416.html


>>Except Spector was never a Republican. He was a NENO (not even in name only)
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>Look on the bright side. We now know him for what he really is. Good riddance.
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>Plus
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>The Repubs can't be blamed for the stuff getting passed in the Senate when they can't filabuster anymore. They have, in effect, been neturered.
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>(Also, the Dems should be gracious in some things. The pendulum of time WILL swing back in their favor one day, and payback is H*LL !)
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>>>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).