Anyone who thinks this is anything other than spector staying in the senate is a boob.
#9 | Posted by chickenrancher
Anyone who doesn't realise the larger implications of the machination that led to this move is a boob.
Specifically, the GOP are jettisoning anyone whom they declare to be anything less than a "true believer". Spectre refused to vote the party line on ocasion and that made him expendable to the GOP. They threatened to run a true believer aka Toomey in his stead forcing Spectre's hand.
Thing is Toomey woulda prolly won a head to head contest for the GOP nom in today's GOP.
Then Toomey woulda gone on to lose the election due to the increased number of Pennsylvanians who now self identify as Dems.
Essentially, the real lesson to learn here (regardless of whether the Dems jettison Spectre down the road or not) is that the GOP are officially placing themselves on the margins on American society by moving to the hard right.
Moderates and fiscally conservative voters are leaving the party in significant numbers.
Ever hear the phrase "Cutting off yer nose to spite yer face"?
This story screams that old saw.
One doesn't have to be a holistic detective to see that clearly.
long dark tea-time of the soul.
Douglas Adams references FTW!
Be Well.
/As he do
stage left.
