Arlen Specter’s decision to go to the Democrats is pitiful. It’s sad. The man is 79 years old, has served 5 terms, and it’s fairly clear that he’s switching parties so he can keep going to work. Presumably, he has the enough nuts squirreled away to be able to retire, and he’s not hanging on to save his seat, to keep it warm for another ass of his ilk. So what’s the point?
But let’s not overthink: it mostly highlights the desperate opportunism of a 79-year-old five-term Senator staring into the abyss of involuntary retirement. Specter may be right that the GOP left him first, but that’s just a face-saving way of admitting he couldn’t win its primary. [Michael Grunwald, TIME]
Can you say It’s Time for Term Limits, boys and girls? Sure, I knew you could.
Look, we need leaders, not power bosses motivated by nothing but deeply vested self-interest. That ain’t statesmanship, and it ain’t American. Well, maybe it is American, but it sucks.
Squelch says somebody throw the bum out.
