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ORG XMIT: NY116 FILE- In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006 file photo, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, right, speaks with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, before the start of a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Several officials on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 said veteran Sen. Specter intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
ORG XMIT: NY116 FILE- In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006 file photo, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, right, speaks with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, before the start of a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Several officials on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 said veteran Sen. Specter intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NY116 FILE- In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006 file photo, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, right, speaks with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, before the start of a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Several officials on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 said veteran Sen. Specter intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak / The Spokesman-Review)

In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006 file photo, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, right, speaks with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, before the start of a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Several officials on Tuesday said veteran Sen. Specter intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. Story here . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Question: Do you respect a politician who switches parties for political expediency? Or: Is a filibuster-proof Senate good for the country?

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