New Dem in da House

So now Arlen Specter is a Democrat (welcome sir!) and when Franken finally takes his rightful place, we're filibuster-proof. Well, kinda. All 60 Dems are not guaranteed to go with Obama 100% of the time. Plus, Obama really does seem to care about getting GOPs on board for important initiatives. Because he is awesome.

I was hesitantly optimistic about the Specter thing - why exactly, 29 years into his career, is he changing parties? My cynical side doubted that it was due to a spiritual epiphany, and lo and behold, it's a political move because he was in danger of getting ousted by a Dem challenger in November so now that he's Dem incumbent, he's much safer. Sigh. I know, I know, ends/means.