2010: Not the year for party-switchers
Parker Griffith and Arlen Specter both learned that establishment support won't help you avoid voters' fury
Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010 2:01 PM UTCPolitics 2010 Elections, War Room
Arlen Specter, D-Pa.
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Tea Party could cost GOP nine Senate races this fall
Uprisings by the GOP base could produce weak Republican candidates in some of this year's biggest races
Friday, May 28, 2010 12:01 PM UTC 36News 2010 Elections
Halter only one of the “replacements” who could save Dems
In a handful of races, the party has replaced doomed incumbents on the ballot. And the results are encouraging
Monday, May 24, 2010 6:10 PM UTC 18News 2010 Elections
What Tuesday’s results mean (and what they don’t)
Arlen Specter is done, Rand Paul is a step closer to the Senate, and Blanche Lincoln is in trouble. What it means
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:45 AM UTC 25News Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Small crowd gathering at Specter party
Soul music blared and a TV had to be switched from Fox News to MSNBC. Early returns showed Specter up narrowly
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:51 AM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak defeats Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania
The challenger surged to a win and ended an era in Pennsylvania politics and the Senate
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:01 AM UTC 15Politics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Philly Democratic boss Bob Brady tries to deliver for Specter
From a ward headquarters in West Philadelphia, the head of the city's machine works the phones to turn out votes
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:44 PM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Specter and Sestak both aim for Obama appeal
On primary day in Pennsylvania, both candidates try to show they can be the White House's guy
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:01 AM UTCNews Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Monday link dump: Thinking about tomorrow
Monday, May 17, 2010 11:15 PM UTCPolitics War Room, Arlen Specter, D-Pa.
Thursday link dump: Kagan to be banned in the USA?
Elena Kagan is nasty as she wants to be, Arlen Specter supports Adlai Stevenson, and the Tea Partiers examined
Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:30 PM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter, D-Pa.
Coroner vouches for Specter: He’s not dead
The senator enlists a former medical examiner, of all people, to say that Joe Sestak's new ad uses a ghoulish photo
Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:14 PM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Wednesday link dump: Orrin you glad you’re not a Utah Republican?
The target on Hatch's back, Rand Paul rides high, and don't worry about the deficit
Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:01 AM UTCPolitics 2010 Census
Specter: Help me, Barack Obama, you’re my only hope
Rumor has it the president will go to Pennsylvania to try to save the senator, but is it already too late?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7:55 PM UTC 14Politics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
More bad news for Specter
Another day, another awful poll
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:12 PM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Should Specter have run as an independent?
He couldn't win as a Republican and he may not be able to win as a Democrat. But there was another option
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:12 PM UTC 21News Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Poll: Sestak stronger against Toomey than Specter
A new Rasmussen survey shows Republican Pat Toomey ahead of Arlen Specter, 50-38 -- but barely beating Joe Sestak
Monday, May 10, 2010 9:48 PM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Specter’s poll numbers more ominous than in ’04
When he barely survived a 2004 Republican primary challenge, Arlen Specter never trailed in any polls
Monday, May 10, 2010 3:14 PM UTCPolitics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
Arlen Specter opposed Elena Kagan last year
The Republican-turned-Democrat will have to defend his vote in the final week of his primary against Joe Sestak
Monday, May 10, 2010 12:42 PM UTC 12Politics Arlen Specter vs. Joe Sestak
The GOP’s changing definition of “moderate”
This isn't the first time the right has tried to purify the party. But the targets have never been so conservative
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2010 4:01 PM UTC 26News Republican Party
How Arlen Specter solved his Sestak problem
Arlen Specter was supposed to be vulnerable in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. But it hasn't played out that way
Saturday, Mar 13, 2010 2:01 PM UTC 17News Arlen Specter, D-Pa.
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