Specter’s First Vote as Democrat is to Kill Top Obama Priority

It was not that long ago – just a few hours in fact – that Arlen Specter proudly told President Obama ‘I’m a loyal Democrat. I support your agenda.’ And so Specter did – all the way up until his first vote as a Democrat . Today Specter cast his first vote in opposition to one of Obama’s top priorities – a measure Democrats favored to make it harder for banks to foreclose on homes: Centrist Senate Democrats joined with Republicans on Thursday to defeat a measure intended to help strugglin