Republican Senators to Watch on the Stimulus

Democrats are focusing on the votes of the following GOP Senators in order to pass the pork-laden $780 to $827 billion spending bill the president is pitching as a stimulus package:

Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania;

Olympia Snowe of Maine;

Susan Collins of Maine;

and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.

Specter is up for re-election in the next cycle. His vote on the stimulus will probably determine his future in the Senate.