Item: PA senator tries to shore up LGBT support with 3 co-sponsorships

    ::: Sen. Arlen Specter (D,PA)—who was previously (R,PA) when he campaigned for his senate seat—has signed on in the past month as a co-sponsor of three important LGBT-related bill.
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Frank Rich on the NY House race from hell

As always, spot on. The same could be said of Beck, Palin and their acolytes. Though they constantly liken the president to various totalitarian dictators, it is they who are re-enacting Stalinism in full purge mode.
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An Intolerant Republican Party Just Killed a Moderate Candidate

Dede Scozzafava, the actual Republican nominee for the U.S. House seat in New York's 23rd Congressional District, was forced to suspend her campaign three days before Election Day because of a coordinated campaign by consevative activists to brand her a liberal because she supports, among other things, marriage equality.
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Remarks by the President at today's celebration of hate crimes law enactment

Here's what you missed, if you didn't catch it on the White House livestream...

Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________

For Immediate Release                                                        October 28, 2009

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

AT RECEPTION COMMEMORATING THE ENACTMENT OF THE MATTHEW SHEPARD AND JAMES BYRD, JR.
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Senator Arlen Specter: Repeal DOMA, Pass ENDA, Rescind DADT

In a piece in the Huffington Post, Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) calls on Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): "Connecticut, Iowa, and Massachusetts have already passed laws recognizing same sex marriage and other states are moving in.
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Specter Flip-flops on DOMA

Enlightenment or expediency? Facing a pro-gay opponent in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary for U.S.
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Sen. Arlen Specter Is the Gays' New BFF. Too Bad It Doesn't Matter

We know we've got a few friends on The Hill who have our backs. Harry Reid. Kirsten Gillibrand.
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Pennsylvania senator changes mind on gay marriage

Arlen Specter, the Democrat senator for Pennsylvania, has changed his mind on the issue of gay marriage.
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Senator Specter - DOMA is a RELIC.... is this a campaign speech or sign of leadership?

Today a post by Senator Arlen Specter appeared in the Huffington Post where Specter categorically states: "The time has come to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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Specter Sixth Senator To Flip On Gay Marriage

On Top Magazine Specter Sixth Senator To Flip On Gay MarriageOn Top MagazinePennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is the sixth senator to publicly flip on the issue of gay marriage this year.
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Specter Sixth Senator To Flip On Gay Marriage

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is the sixth senator to publicly flip on the issue of gay marriage this year
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Arlen Specter: A Tale of Two DOMAs

Interesting. Take a look at these two statements from Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat Senator Arlen Specter.
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Arlen Specter reinforces support for pro-LGBT legislation in "Time to Repeal DOMA"

Party-switching Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D) makes an appeal to LGBT voters to help him cling to his seat with a piece up at Huff Post outlining his support for repeal of DADT and DOMA, as well as passage of ENDA and the enactment of hate crimes legislation into law.
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Arlen Specter Tweets About Repealing DOMA

Oh, the things people do to stay in political office. Sen. Arlen Specter -- who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996, championed it during his tough re-election GOP primary in 2004, and as late as 30 days ago was telling his constituents that he believed traditional marriage was the right way for society to go -- has potentially come around full circle and announced via Twitter that he wants to see a repeal of DOMA.
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #555

ARLEN SPECTER: Calls GOP a "party of obstructionism" on this weekend's Fox News Sunday. MONOGAMOUS: The latest video from NYC downtown band Whore's Mascara.
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Snowe

So, Republican senator Olympia Snowe has announced she’ll vote for the Baucus committee health plan.
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Netroots Nation auction

You can help the annual blog conference, Netroots Nation, by helping us out at our online auction - I'll let Markos give you a sample of the goods: The Netroots Nation auction is now live.
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Arlen Specter keeps pushing GOP/FOX talking points on FOX, no less. Joe Sestak obliterated it.

We wrote about the FOX-led lie on the "death book" for veterans earlier today. But, it's important to see who keeps pushing this fraud.
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Arlen Specter’s Reelection Theme Song: “I Really Need this Job”

Watching how much Senator Arlen Specter (Opportunist-Pennsylvania) has had to contort himself into a card-carrying left-winger in order to please his new bosses in the Democratic Party so as to better win its nomination for next fall’s general election contest.
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New Wingnut Hero Katy Abrams

Town hall protester Katy Abrams has become a wingnut media darling after going off on Sen. Arlen Specter last week.
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