“I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement.
That from the AP story on his switch. I think this says it all. He’s unwilling to have his record judged by the electorate he represents. This makes him the perfect Beltway insider.
Regardless of which party wins the seat in 2010, I hope Specter loses his Democratic primary.
Steve is right above. Whatever you consider moderate or conservative, Republicans who voted for big spending are doomed. The GOP is either going to become the party of fiscal restraint or go extinct. Eitehr way, Specter didn’t have a future with them. I hope he doesn’t have a future in politics at all. He’s part of the problem.
