Read more switching parties stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/39967/switching-parties.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59720/specter-finds-his-inner-democrat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArlen Specter’s first days as a Democrat may not have gone well, but since then he’s settled in and sided with his new party on nearly every vote, Politico reports. He’s gone from staunch opponent of the Employee Free Choice act to a key negotiator for it, come to Nancy...http://www.newser.com/story/59720/specter-finds-his-inner-democrat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 10:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57605/dems-in-a-snit-over-specters-cozy-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome top Democratic senators are rebelling against the deal that brought Arlen Specter into the fold, the Hill reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the aisle-crosser he could keep the 28 years of seniority he gained as a GOP senator, infuriating long-serving Democrats whom Specter will now likely leapfrog...http://www.newser.com/story/57605/dems-in-a-snit-over-specters-cozy-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 2:20:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57542/biden-wooed-specter-for-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Biden is the Democrat perhaps most responsible for Arlen Specter’s defection, Politico reports. The VP told a crowd yesterday that he had been trying to convince the Pennsylvania Republican “that he is really a Democrat” for more than 20 years. Specter's onetime Senate colleague recently stepped up the pace....http://www.newser.com/story/57542/biden-wooed-specter-for-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:49:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57519/new-kansas-governor-is-party-switcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Kathleen Sebelius now confirmed as the country's new health and human services secretary, Kansas has a new governor: Mark Parkinson, a Republican-turned-Democrat who will serve out her term until the end of next year. At a hastily assembled inauguration ceremony Parkinson pledged to alleviate "the real pain that Kansans...http://www.newser.com/story/57519/new-kansas-governor-is-party-switcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 6:47:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57457/specter-im-not-automatic-60th-vote-for-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNewly minted Democrat Arlen Specter said he will not blindly toe the party line, Politico reports. “I will not be an automatic 60th vote,” the veteran Pennsylvania senator said, pointing out recent opposition to a unionization bill. “If the Democratic Party asks too much, I will not vote with them....http://www.newser.com/story/57457/specter-im-not-automatic-60th-vote-for-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 15:14:02 CDT