Question for you..amid all the blooging about Spector, has anyone seen any reasonably intelligent gues as to why he spoke now, the day after the election? That's what I don't get. Assumingthe quotes are correct, and I believe they are, they reflect nothing different than what we've always know about Spector, indeed what W and Sabotrum knew about him when the decided to back him against Toomey. So why did Arlen open his mouth now?. Is there a hiden agenda at work..or did he just blab because he was near a mike?.
did he just blab because he was near a mike?
Yes, I doubt that it even occurred to Arlen that his being Arlen was impolitick in this case. Arlen rejects that biblical admonition that one "ought not to think too highly of himself." Arlen's little "miscommunication" is not that much different from Trent Lott "congratulating" Strom Thurmond at the 100th birthday party.
I think it made sense for him to speak out now before the Senate decides whether to elect him to Chair the Judiciary Committee. I don't think he wants anyone to later claim surprise if and when he works to kill Supreme Court appointments that might threaten Roe v. Wade.
I think that the Republican Party has an opportunity to overrule Roe v. Wade and I think that Specter wants the Republican Party to decide if that is what it really wants to do. ;-)