Specter beats Toomey
In an outcome that surprised precisely nobody, Arlen Specter (R-PA) beat Pat Toomey for the nomination of the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Specter. Specter is a liberal Republican, and votes more dependably with the Democrats than the Republicans.
The Bush team, of course, backed Specter. Their reasoning: Toomey might not have been able to beat whomever the Democrats run against him, and the Republicans didn’t want to lose the Senate. Like they have it now. Sure, they have 50 seats. So do the Democrats. And there are at least 10 turncoat Republicans that vote with the Democrats. When you look at it, what have the Republicans advanced through the Senate without a Democratic filibuster? Nothing other than the left’s agenda of massive increases in government spending, government size, and government power.
So do we really have the Senate? No. Since Bush backed a liberal Senator, perhaps people will start to believe me when I say the George W. Bush is a liberal. I said it in 2000, and I’ve been saying it ever since. And the fact that he put party over principle proves it once more.