Making Sense: Once a Democrat, always a Democrat

Published April 30, 2009 4:00am ET



Sen. Arlen Specter hasn’t really switched parties; he’s simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election. And he cannot win the Republican primary because he has become a tax and spender — characteristics Republicans have tired of.

He started off as a Democrat, switched to the Republican Party, and has now simply confirmed his loyalty to the Democratic Party he never really left.

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