It seems that Arlen Specter has become a "Democrat" in order to allow Joe Lieberman to appear loyal to the Democratic Party. In furtherance of that goal, after proclaiming on Meet the Press last weekend that he never said he would be a "loyal Democrat," Specter has now told the New York Times that he hopes Norm Coleman will win the Minnesota Senate race. To be exact, in response to a question about Specter's concern that there are no more Jewish Republicans in the Senate, he said "There's still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner." Apparently he's trying to walk that comment back right now. Specter claims to have "misspoke." I guess he figures that if Joe Biden can get away with that on a routine basis, he can, too. But Specter forgets that Biden, joke that he is, is our joke. Arlen hasn't shown that he's even remotely on our side yet, going out of his way to indicate that his party switch is just semantics.
UPDATE: Words have consequences, and Specter's games over the past few days have been consequential. A few days ago Specter indicated that he would retain his seniority after becoming a Democrat. Not so fast, say the Senate Democrats. No seniority for now for Specter. It's up for reconsideration once he's proven himself as a Democrat. Arlen, it's time to fall into line. Or somewhere close to it.
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