[Miss Marple]

Unintended consequences rears its ugly head.

Everyone has been ecstatic over Toomey’s numbers against Specter, but Specter just pulled a fast one.

It’s quite possible the democrats will let him run uncontested, in which case he would be the incumbent democrat in the seat, and Toomey would have a hard time defeating him.

So then we end up with Specter still in the Senate, but even worse, providing the vote which will make filibusters impossible for the GOP.

THIS should explain to everyone why President Bush went ahead and backed him.

[EternalVigilance]

providing the vote which will make filibusters impossible for the GOP.

What's it matter when they wouldn't use it anyway?

[mcvey]

And it will have another long-term impact. This reinforces the idea of a party in decline. Spector may be a rat, but he is a rat jumping ship. Rats jump sinking ships. At the gut level, the GOP (and conservatives in general) are looking as though they are losing relevance. And if you look as though you are becoming irrelevant, you are.

[Norman Bates]

Oh can it. This guy was never going to filibuster with us on anything that mattered - which are the only things that are worth filibustering.