Human Events is reporting it. Filibuster-proof majority, here we come. As if we didn’t pass enough the first 100 days. The statement:
“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.”
Update: Flashback to March 17, 2009:
“I’m staying a Republican because I think I have a more important role to play there,” he said. “I think the United States very desperately needs a two-party system. … And I’m afraid that we’re becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party.”
April 9 in Newsweek, via Jim Geraghty:
“I’m a Republican and I’m going to run in the Republican primary and on the Republican ticket.” Good to know his word is his bond.
Will the Democratic establishment clear the way for him in the primary?
