Arlen Specter
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Nov 5, 2026
John KiriakouHOST
That's when these fluke Democrats that won on Tuesday are up for reelection.
John KiriakouHOST
Like, is Kansas really going to reelect a Democrat? Is Mississippi really going to reelect a Democrat? Iowa, are they really going to reelect a Democrat? ohio it's impossible to say but i would say likely not but think of this too remember we said at the beginning of this episode that the the big the big year for democratic gains in the senate was supposed to be 2028 not 2026 And now I have to think that 2028 could end up looking like 2008 when the Democrats won 59 Senate seats and then Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter switched parties and that gave the Democrats 60 seats.
John KiriakouHOST
You need 60 votes to break cloture in the Senate.
John KiriakouHOST
Cloture is debate.
John KiriakouHOST
And so that's how the ADA was passed, Obamacare, because the Republicans were literally unable to stop the Democrats from calling legislation for a vote.
John KiriakouHOST
That didn't last too terribly long.
John KiriakouHOST
Arlen Specter ended up losing the Democratic primary to a Democrat that ended up losing the election in 2010.
John KiriakouHOST
But for a minute, the Democrats had a cloture-proof 60 seats.
John DickersonHOST
to plant the flag really as the sort of character first candidate.
John DickersonHOST
And the reason is because you'd end up being like Arlen Specter, who ran for president in 1996 as a pro-choice Republican.
John DickersonHOST
And I don't think even his family members voted for him in the caucus.
Emily BazelonHOST
There's going to be a lane, though.
John DickersonHOST
to plant the flag really as the sort of character first candidate.
John DickersonHOST
And the reason is because you'd end up being like Arlen Specter, who ran for president in 1996 as a pro-choice Republican.
John DickersonHOST
And I don't think even his family members voted for him in the caucus.
Emily BazelonHOST
There's going to be a lane, though.
John DickersonHOST
to plant the flag really as the sort of character first candidate.
John DickersonHOST
And the reason is because you'd end up being like Arlen Specter, who ran for president in 1996 as a pro-choice Republican.
John DickersonHOST
And I don't think even his family members voted for him in the caucus.
Emily BazelonHOST
There's going to be a lane, though.
Gregg NunziataHOST
Yeah, I mean, you could certainly accept the unitary executive theory.
Gregg NunziataHOST
I worked for Senator Arlen Specter.
Gregg NunziataHOST
It was my first job on Capitol Hill.
Gregg NunziataHOST
And he had been on the Warren Commission about the Kennedy assassination.
Brandon WeichertHOST
potentially John Fetterman switching parties under those conditions.
Brandon WeichertHOST
Do you think this is a real prospect that he could pull an Arlen Specter and say, okay, I'm going to become a Republican now?
Will ChamberlainGUEST
Yeah, I absolutely think so.
Will ChamberlainGUEST
Yeah, I think that's I think that's been in the works.
Michael SmerconishHOST
Kind of funny thinking about what's just taken place in Alaska.
Michael SmerconishHOST
While also returning Arlen Specter as an R to the Senate.
Michael SmerconishHOST
Bob Casey, a D, Arlen Specter, an R.
Michael SmerconishHOST
That used to be ordinary.
Michael SmerconishHOST
Check this out.
Michael SmerconishHOST
Only those three have a senator from each party.
Michael SmerconishHOST
I said to Dan yesterday, you know, growing up and coming of age in Pennsylvania, it was an era when Pennsylvanians elected the real Bob Casey governor while returning Arlen Specter to the U.S. Senate.
Michael SmerconishHOST
That used to be ordinary.
Michael SmerconishHOST
Check this out.
Ian CossHOST
That's one short of the magical threshold of 60, the number that lets you overpower a filibuster and pass whatever bill you want.
Ian CossHOST
Kate Lyonne knew that her boss, the majority leader, had been talking to a certain moderate Republican senator from Pennsylvania who was feeling increasingly out of step with his party, Arlen Specter.
Ian CossHOST
It was clear at the time that Specter was in trouble.
Ian CossHOST
But Lyonne found out with the rest of the world that the back-channeling had in fact paid off.
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Ian CossHOST
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Ian CossHOST
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Ian CossHOST
On August 11, 2009, Senator Arlen Specter held a town hall meeting in the small city of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, about an hour and a half west of Philadelphia.
Ian CossHOST
Specter, remember, had switched parties to back health care reform.
NickAUDIENCE
along with the bum from Pennsylvania, I forget his name.
NickAUDIENCE
Spector, Arlen
Jeff KuhnerHOST
Spector.
Jeff KuhnerHOST
Arlen
NickAUDIENCE
Spector.
NickAUDIENCE
Exactly.
NickAUDIENCE
She voted to impeach Trump.
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