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Which Way Is The Wind Blowing Today?

by David Kurtz
04.02.09 | 12:03 pm

Facing a primary challenge will make you do strange things. Today Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) voted for Sen. John McCain’s proposed spending freeze, just seven weeks after he voted for Obama’s stimulus package.

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