Despite the “good riddance” reaction of many GOP leaders to the defection of Pennsylvania Sen. and former Warren Commission single-bullet theorist Arlen Specter, Politico calls the party’s crop of 2010 Senate recruits “Specter-like” and says it includes “some of the party’s best known RINOs” — that’s short for “Republicans In Name Only.”

Politico‘s Exhibit A: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, expected to announce soon whether he’s running for the Senate seat of retiring Sen. Mel Martinez. A picture of Crist is featured with the online story.

Tags: Arlen Specter, Warren Commission

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