Reply #6: we should have seen it coming:

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Vice President Joe Biden, center right, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. , center left, shake hands as Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa. , left and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. , applaud during a reception at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. The reception was held to honor Specter for his vote for the economic stimulus package. (AP Photo)



Vice President Joe Biden, left, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa. , Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. , Mayor Michael Nutter, Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa. , and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. , look at a model of the campus as they tour a utilities operations control center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Biden is scheduled to chair a task force on middle-class working families to discuss green jobs.(AP Photo)