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Specter to Shift Rightward after Senate Primary Loss?

Friends tell The Daily Beast that the departing senator, injured by Obama's failure to show last-minute support, may well shift right on key votes from Kagan to financial reform.

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Arlen Specter (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
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