Arlen Specter - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Arlen Specter Index / People Transcripts Gregory Craig ...The selection of judges. Arlen Specter was awful in those early days. This wa... ...And you can directly lay that to Arlen Specter , who, for no good reason at all, woul... Lisa Konwinski ...seated after a long recount, and then Senator Arlen Specter switched sides. We did, for a brie... Rohit Kumar ...up enticing three Republican senators— Senator Specter from Pennsylvania, Snowe from Maine... ...wasn't much to say about it, really. Senator Specter had made his decision. He had come t... ...entirely a political calculation that Senator Specter made about the Pennsylvania electorate... Sharon Block ...this bill. They were Democrats, and Arlen Specter , who started as a Republican at th... Harry Reid ...do, to get them all on board? Well, Arlen Specter , from Pennsylvania, was always ver... ...also mentioned another senator, Arlen Specter , who would switch parties pretty earl... ...Tell me about your conversations with Senator Specter during that period. I had ha... John Kerry ...The moderates began to disappear. Arlen Specter voted for the bailout bill; lost. I... Peter Orszag ...the whole arc of the debate. And until Senator [Arlen] Specter —at that time, yes, it completel... Kathleen Sebelius ...this.” So it was the first—I was with Arlen Specter later that summer in the Philadelphi... Tom Harkin ...Mac Mathias from Maryland. We had Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania. Gee, we had Howar... Pete Rouse ...We needed [Susan M.] Collins, [Arlen] Specter , and [Olympia J.] Snowe. Plus, you ha... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the Science Science