Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter switched parties yesterday. He says he’s found himself increasingly at odds with the Republican Party and will run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010. Jodi Schneider is a senior editor at Congressional Quarterly. She joins us to discuss the balance-of-power implications of the switch.

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