FNC reports: Sen. Arlen Specter said he anticipates facing Democratic challengers in the Pennsylvania Senate primary, disputing the notion that party leaders would clear the field for him following his defection from the GOP.
Specter told NBC'S "Meet the Press" Sunday that he was offered no incentives from Democrats to switch parties. And he said despite public support voiced for his decision by President Obama, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, those leaders have not seen to it that he'll have a clear path to the 2010 nomination.
"I didn't ask them to clear the field. The reality is you can't tell other people what to do," Specter said. "I'm prepared to run in a contested primary."
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