Specter to switch parties

[Ban my account ffs!]

I just read about this... I thought it was a joke at first.  I'm sure Norm Coleman has all sorts of pressure on him to keep Al Franken from being seated now!

This makes me really happy, though.  Since the Republicans have basically become "the party of no" under the leadership of people like Newt Gingrich and Rush Limaugh, it'll be very nice to have one less hurtle in actually getting things done in this country.

Then when the Republicans quit their slide to the irrelevant right and actually have some ideas for the country, they'll start winning some of those seats back.