Wheres Specters Independent Streak?
I’ve been a big fan of Sen. Arlen Specter’s for a long time – mainly because of his independent streak and seemingly disinterest (well, more than others, anyway) in pandering to his party just because that was the politically correct thing to do. I love politicians who buck their party in order to do what they feel is – well, put simply – the right thing to do. But this makes me shake my head in disappointment. Just after Specter left the GOP for the Democratic Party, he gave an interview to New York Times Magazine (due out this Sunday), during which he was asked by interviewer Deborah Solomon: “With your departure from the Republican Party, there are no more Jewish Republicans in the Senate. Do you care about that?” Specter: “I sure do. There’s still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare [Republican] Norm Coleman the winner.” Solomon: “Which seems about as likely at this point as Jerry Seinfeld’s joining the Senate.” Specter: “Well, it was about as likely as my becom
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