Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Specter Out

As this Associated Press article in the Los Angeles Times reports, Senator Arlen Specter who changed party registration from Republican to Democratic has failed to win the right to represent the Democratic Party in the race for the Pennsylvania senate seat he now holds. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Specter was a RINO who became a DINO and everyone who knew him said his only party was himself. I suspect that coat-turners make lousy lobbyists (because they're unpopular with everybody) and they therefore find it hard to earn the big bucks in their post-congressional years.

Specter could retire or may end up as president of a small college somewhere, kissing donors' backsides for modest donations. If he lives long enough he will learn to loathe the question "Didn't you used to be Arlen Specter?"