How Arlen Specter Almost Changed History -- and the Supreme Court
The Associated Press report on the death of longtime Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter remembers the former Senate Judiciary Committee chair as playing "a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations.www.huffingtonpost.com
1500 expected for Specter's funeral
At least 1,500 people, including Vice President Biden, are expected at the funeral of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter at noon Tuesday at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley.www.philly.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
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 ...wbco.com
A Fighter To The End, Arlen Specter Seemed To Thrive On Controversy
Imagine a lawyer's lawyer, a fighter's fighter and a pol's pol. Now imagine one person as all three. That was Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who died Sunday at age 82. Over the course of three decades in the U.S. Senate (1981-2011), Specter came to ...www.npr.org
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
Sen. Arlen Specter: Survivor, political original, and even comedian
ARLEN SPECTER, who died this past weekend, has been credited above all with being one thing: A survivor. He was the perfect Darwinian adaptor to the culture of Washington, D.C.www.thereporteronline.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
Biden to attend Specter funeral
"Arlen Specter was a great senator who lived his life the way he died, with dignity and courage," Biden said in a statement.www.usatoday.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 US Senator from Pennsylvania Dead at 82
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
Arlen Specter, longtime Senate centrist from Pa. died in fight for political ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. - 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, lost ...www.startribune.com
A Kinder, Gentler Specter
During his 30-plus years in the Senate, Arlen Specter earned a reputation as a tough guy. But I got a rare glimpse of his kinder, gentler side.www.thedailybeast.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, 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
DAILY GRINDER: Sen. Arlen Specter Has Died; Watch His Standup Routine Here
President Obama called Specter "a fighter," in a statement released this weekend. He continued: "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 ...blogs.philadelphiaweekly.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 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
The Abrasive Moderate: The Death of Arlen Specter (1930–2012)
As friends, colleagues and admirers mourn the death on Sunday of former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, it's hard to avoid a metaphor about American politics.swampland.time.com
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