The buzz today is that Arlen Specter (R-PA) is now going to have (D-PA) after his name instead. Big, big deal.
The AP story says the old con artist's switch came "with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate's defection that pushed Democrats to within a vote of the 60 needed to overcome filibusters and enact President Barack Obama's top legislative priorities."
Since those "legislative priorities" don't include either ending the endless, zombie war in the Mideast or ending the zombie banking and finance system at home, I don't know what people are so excited about.
This doesn't really mean that much. Specter switching parties will still reserve the right to be Specterish whenever he wants. He'll still be a dick, and still vote against whatever he feels like. His putting on a Dem label and running away from the Frozen Baby Mammoth party is all to his advantage.
The strategizing and micro-calculations of professional politicians are meaningless to all but them, and those here who seeking relief from fascist, reactionary, pro-war, pro-Wall Street, "America -- F**k Yeah!" policy are going to find the Democratic Party a very frail support to lean upon.
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