What effect will Arlen Specter have on ag policy?  Specter-
ulation: Sen. Arlen Specter's jump to the Dem side of the aisle
will have "wide-ranging impact on policy, but particularly Ag
policy, both domestic and global," says our favorite AgWonkette,
Eddie. She dissects his record for those who haven't been paying
attention to this senator from the big dairy state Pennsylvania.
(Obama Foodorama)  One Responseto “What effect will Arlen
Specter have on ag policy?”    1. Does anyone else find the
jumping ship (by Republicans no less) a little odd. I mean, I
realize the tides have shifted, the ship is sinking and all that
but where is their brand loyalty?      When our Jim Jeffords of
Vermont went Independent I found it most strange. I voted for
him, not the party, and continued to support him but the whole
concept that they would change horses mid-stream seems a little
surreal. The party puts a lot into getting them elected -
parties I have no alliance to as an independent - so when a
sitting Senator or Represent