Thanks to all those who have encouraged this effort. ("Now that Sen. Arlen Specter's switching to be a Democrat, let's keep the pressure on him so he votes like a PENNSYLVANIA Democrat and not a 'conservadem' (conservative Democrat) from Nebraska or the South.")
Realizing that plenty of people aren't on Facebook and don't necessarily want to be either, I've created a blog: Specter Watch. (The related Facebook group is here.)
Here's the update: Now you can follow SpecterWatch on Twitter. http://twitter.com/...
I want to be clear: This is not ANTI-Specter as such.
That's why I chose "Watch" for the name. What he does and doesn't do bears watching.
For example: Specter's First Big Vote Since Switch: No on Obama Budget
Then there's his vote on the mortgage "cramdown" (to be fair, about a dozen other Senate Dems did the same -- aarrgghh.)
As I say in my first post on the Specter Watch blog:
Yes, give him his due for his vote on the stimulus. Absolutely. But he needs to know that Democrats are watching how he votes. The Republican base certainly did, and that had to have played a role in forcing him to reverse course on the Employee Free Choice Act, for example.
So, welcome to Specter Watch.