Pa. Gov Says He, Biden Have Tried to Lure GOP's Specter

Pa. moderate remains loyal to GOP
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 16, 2009 4:01 PM CDT

The Democrats are still looking for ways to boost their majority in the Senate, Talking Points Memo reports today. Gov. Ed Rendell told a regional TV network he’d tried to get Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter to switch sides, and so had VP Joe Biden and Sen. Bob Casey. “He’s bound and determined to stay a Republican,” lamented Rendell, adding that, should Specter switch, he’d be unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination. (More Ed Rendell stories.)

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