Specter opposes card-check bill, won’t be going Democratic http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/specter-opposes-card-check-bill-wont-be-going-democratic/ Arlen Specter opposes the EFCA bill. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-03-24T;23:54:01-05:00 Comment by mal malach.hamovess@gmail.com If Arlen Specter were to vote for the union bill this time, it would doom him politically; he already faces strong primary challenges for 2010. A pro-union vote would doom his chances with the GOP activists who vote in and run the primaries. As is the smart money is that he’ll lose in the primary to some rabid right-wing zealot who will then lose to a Dem in the general election. Pretty soon the Republican-free zone will extend all the way south to DC If Arlen Specter were to vote for the union bill this time, it would doom him politically; he already faces strong primary challenges for 2010. A pro-union vote would doom his chances with the GOP activists who vote in and run the primaries.

As is the smart money is that he’ll lose in the primary to some rabid right-wing zealot who will then lose to a Dem in the general election.

Pretty soon the Republican-free zone will extend all the way south to DC

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