that is what makes Arlen so much of a riddle....one day he is dissing us and the next day he will do something that is as hard core conervative as anyone.......he is a strange little fellow,,,,can't ever figure out if he is sincere or posturing
Arlen got reamed over the two new staff appointments to the committee he just made...both liberal Dems..
This is just typical Specter. He got caught hiring the NAACP Democrat (Kemerer?) to vet Bush's nominees, so now he will tack right to try to get off the hook for having to answer for that by skipping more hearings on at least some of the nominees the White House is sending back to the Judiciary. He always takes a giant step to the left and if caught, a baby step to the right, hoping that will fix things. There's no riddle here; this is his pattern. Just look at what he's done since election day. No need to go back any farther than that to see how he operates.