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Arlen Specter left the GOP because it is a lot easier to win in Pennsylvania as a Democrat than as a Republican. It is that simple. For folks on the Right to brush this off as some sort of 'good purge' is extremely naive.

The U.S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.

I shudder to think what Republican presidential contenders will say in a 2016 primary to win over voters who think Eric Cantor isn't conservative enough.

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party.

I'm a Republican. I'm running in a Republican primary.

Sen. Rand Paul is a Different Kind of Republican. He will drag the party, kicking and screaming, toward a new kind of conservatism that appeals more to today's youth, who embrace liberty and are skeptical of foreign intervention.

Senator Schumer is a partisan.

Arlen Specter is a scoundrel.

Getting elected as a Republican in Massachusetts is very, very different from being elected as a Republican in New Hampshire.

The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore.