See my #113.
You make the same phony apologist argument as the other poster.
It doesn't hold water.
What we are seeing now from Specter is exactly why we fought so hard to remove him in the primary last year. We KNEW who he was and what he would do. We KNEW that he couldn't be trusted. Why didn't the WH and Santorum know that? They are supposed to be the wise, politically astute, professionals. They are supposed to be conservatives.
Their support was active and deliberate in face of letters, emails, faxes, and phone calls pleading with them to, at least, stay out of the primary and let the voters decide who should represent them.
The question to be decided: Why? The possible answers are a] Ricky and Bush and (let's throw in) Rove are stupid or political cowards or b] Specter, Santorum, and Bush have more in common than any of them will admit and they wanted him to win so that he can take the heat for their failure to perform on their own campaign promises.
I vote [b].
make that 2 for [b]