Jeremy LangleyLoving God, Family, and Reba

Arlen Specter is a coward. Period.

This topic has been brewing with me ever sense the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania announced his decision to switch party designation this week. The real reason is as clear Ben Stein’s vision after using Clear Eyes - he’s scared. After more than 30 years in the United States Senate, it became clear to the senator that he would likely lose the upcoming 2010 GOP primary, thus ending his “distinguished” career. I guess he thinks it will be easier to defeat his opponent in the Democratic primary. I mean, come on, if I were a Democrat I’d vote for a former Republican over someone who is loyal to the party. Right.

But what Specter actually said was that the Republican party had moved too far to the right and that many of his constituents had switched parties to vote for Barack Obama, therefore he needed to switch parties to meet the desires of his constituency. Wow. I didn’t realize that’s the way it works. I would assume that if he was doing a good job for the people of Pennsylvania - and had been for 30 years - there is nothing to worry about. He should get re-elected. After all, statistics show that incumbents generally get re-elected if they’ve been doing a good job.

In the end, I think Specter will get beat, and I hope he does. I’ve always heard that there are two ways to run for office; you either run unopposed, or you run scared. Specter was scared, and he took the coward’s way out. I think he also needs a press secretary like Robert Gibbs to tell people what he MEANT to say. I hate it when politicians don’t say what they meant to say. Gosh.

I really don’t care what happens in the Pennsylvania race for U.S. Senate generally. As long as Blanche Lincoln gets beat in Arkansas’s 2010 race, I’ll be happy.