I’m not shocked at this. I also wouldn’t be shocked if Specter were to change his mind and retire.
Too bad. I think he would’ve bombed in a general election if he made it through the primary.
Specter is one of the few Republicans who can win statewide in PA. In fact, since 2000, he’s the only one. I’m not saying he doesn’t have his faults, but he voted for Roberts and Alito, he would have voted for a 3rd conservative if somethign had happened to Stevens, he supported Bush and the party on pretty much every important issue.
We could do a lot worse than Specter...such as another liberal democrat.
At this stage we need to be preserving what we do have and not wanting to see our numbers in the Senate dwindle even more