BREAKING from Politico: Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter will leave the Republican party and run for re-election as a Democrat. One can only imagine how thrilled potential Pennsylvania Democratic candidates for the office must feel right now. Anyway, the move puts the Democratic party one vote closer to a filibuster-proof majority (in theory; Nebraska fuckwad Ben Nelson can't be counted on for anything, and a statement from Specter promises that he won't be an automatic vote); if, as expected, the Minnesota election is decided in favor of Al Franken, they'll hit the number. Maybe even by early 2010!