Senator Specter Switches Parties

Senator Specter Switches Parties

Arlen Specter's decision to switch parties puts the Democrats one seat closer to a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Why the independent-minded senator is changing his political affiliation and what it means for the president's...

Arlen Specter's decision to switch parties puts the Democrats one seat closer to a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Why the independent-minded senator is changing his political affiliation and what it means for the president's agenda and the future of the G.O.P.

Guests

Stuart Rothenberg

editor and publisher of the Rothenberg Political Report

David Winston

Republican pollster and President of the Winston Group. He also writes for Roll Call and is a CBS News consultant.

Susan Page

Washington bureau chief for "USA Today"

Tad Devine

political consultant; senior strategist to the 2004 Kerry campaign and to the 2000 Gore campaign; director of delegate selection in the 1988 Dukakis campaign.

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