Tuesday, April 28, 2009
FULL CIRCLE
What a nice surprise.
I have had my ups and downs with Specter who started as a Democrat DA in Philadelphia. I lived there at the time he was getting wound up.
Then he switched to the GOP. He has always been a moderate and, in my opinion, the first switch was for the same basic reason as the second.
He is a political being. A pragmatist. The GOoPers, bent on revenge and their allegiance to the right wing core, set up a primary candidate against him and are determined to support that candidate.
That would be enough for anyone but few would have the political courage to do anything as dramatic about it. He says he is not about to have his political legacy held hostage to a bunch of yahoos. Or words to that effect.
He is really an Independent.
They pushed him out. Kind of stupid really to drive out all the moderates, isn't it? But who gives the GOP creds for doing the smart thing these days.
I bet that he will not hew to the party line as often as people would like but then that is not the cast of the Democratic Party.
They say that he completely blindsided the republican leadership. Ol' hamster face Mitch McConnell.
Nothing wrong with that.
I look to the possibility of others to follow. Olympia Snowe of Maine comes to mind.
Labels: Democrats, republican whack jobs, Republicans
