Arlen Specter's stand-up comedy
Specter in 2009. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Was Arlen Specter the funniest lawmaker in Washington? Before former comedy pro Al Franken got elected to the Senate (and promptly stopped cracking jokes), Specter was known for his sideline as ...www.washingtonpost.com
Former senator Arlen Specter dies
Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter died Sunday. Sen. Specter's 30 years in Congress ended in 2010 after he switched from the Republican to Democratic party and lost in the primary.www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a political maverick
WASHINGTON - Arlen Specter, who in 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the Senate offended Republicans and Democrats in almost equal measure with maverick votes and a frank cockiness that finally ended his career in politics, died Sunday at his ...www.latimes.com
Arlen Specter, a born fighter, died as he lived
In a storied political career that began as a young assistant counsel whose credulity-straining single bullet theory of President Kennedy's assassination was presented by the Warren Commission in the 1960s, former U.S.www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter, the former Senator from Pennsylvania, died Oct. 14, 2012, after ...
Arlen Specter, the former senator from Pennsylvania who stunned both parties on Capitol Hill in 2009 when he announced he would switch his party allegiance to Democrat after 42 years as a Republican, has died.abcnews.go.com
RIP Arlen Specter, Originator of the Single Bullet 'Theory'
Arlen Specter died yesterday. Depending on who's doing the remembering, he will either be recalled as an independent-minded centrist, or an opportunist with no ideological core, other than a belief in himself.www.nationalreview.com
Arlen Specter, former senator from Pennsylvania, dies at 82
WASHINGTON -- Arlen Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania who was at the center of many of the Senate's most divisive legal battles -- from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the impeachment of President ...www.mercurynews.com
Reaction to death of ex-Sen. Arlen Specter of Pa.
"Arlen Specter was always a fighter. From his days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in Philadelphia to his three decades of service in the Senate, Arlen was fiercely independent - never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was ...www.google.com
Arlen Specter praised as fighter from a more moderate era
WASHINGTON - Political leaders paused Sunday to mourn the loss of Arlen Specter, the long-serving former Pennsylvania senator whose friends and foes across the political spectrum praised the passionate, if combative, lawmaker who crossed political ...www.latimes.com
Arlen Specter as Popeye: 'I am what I am'
For 30 years, Arlen Specter stood as a symbol for so much that now seems to have disappeared from today's Senate. Specter, the five-term ex-senator who died Sunday, occupied a space in the Senate that no longer fits the current political environment: ...www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter, longtime GOP Senate moderate, dies
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday.www.latimes.com
Arlen Specter dies; he was Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator
Former senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, one of the nation's most durable political figures who during three decades in the Senate became known for his command of constitutional law, died of cancer on Sunday at his home in Philadelphia.www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter, 1930 - 2012
Over the years I've drawn Arlen Specter more than a few times. Political cartooning is a critical medium, so most of the drawings were not very flattering.www.newsworks.org
Arlen Specter's Wavering Not Applicable to Jewish Causes
But on the issues of religious freedom and Israel's right to self-defense, say leaders of American Jewish organizations, former Sen. Arlen Specter - who lost a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma Sunday at the age of 82 - left little doubt as to his ...www.chabad.org
Former senator Arlen Specter, 82, dies of cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arlen Specter, a gruff, independent-minded moderate who spent three decades in the U.S. Senate but was spurned by Pennsylvania voters after switching in 2009 from Republican to Democrat, died on Sunday of cancer, his family ...www.reuters.com
Arlen Specter's passing is a loss for America
FLORIDA, October 14, 2012 - Arlen Specter was the sort of politician that we don't hear much about these days. He followed his conscience and voted in the best interests of his constituents, rather than towing the party line.communities.washingtontimes.com
Arlen Specter, longtime Senate centrist from Pa. died in fight for political ...
Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, has lost a battle with ...www.newser.com
Arlen Specter, Senator Who Gave No Quarter, Dies
Arlen Specter, one of the most influential senators of the last half-century, died Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.www.wnyc.org
NEW: Vice President Joe Biden praises "my friend," plans to attend funeral ...
Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.www.cnn.com
One of a Kind Senator
When word got out in late August that he had been hospitalized and was being treated for a recurrence of cancer, his fifth bout with the disease, former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter said in a statement issued by his office: "I am battling cancer ...www.thedailybeast.com
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