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Letters from Readers – May 20, 2010

By Barbara Hollingsworth
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Specter should switch again and run as independent

Re: “Party-switching Specter sunk by Pa. Democrats,” May 20

Sen. Arlen Specter’s loss in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary should not deter him from running for the Senate as an independent in this fall’s general election.

If he is challenged, he can use the same rationale for his infamous vote (based on Scottish law) in President Clinton’s impeachment trial: “not proven.” He can claim that a loss in the Democratic primary does not prove that all the citizens of Pennsylvania want him fired.

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