Friends tell The Daily Beast that the departing senator, injured by Obama's failure to show last-minute support, may well shift right on key votes from Kagan to financial reform.With Joe Sestak's campaign in trouble (he beat Specter in the primary), Obama may not only have lost the PA seat in November but the PA seat for the rest of this term. Arlen Specter could have a pretty good time getting even.
With party unity crucial to Democrats’ hopes for passing significant legislation before the midterm elections, Arlen Specter’s primary loss could pose a new problem for the White House.
The Senate could vote on any number of crucial bills before the midterms, including a new jobs bill, immigration reform, climate-change legislation, and a final financial-reform package, making Specter’s continuing support more important than ever. But several longtime friends and associates tell The Daily Beast that without a primary challenge to pressure him, the veteran senator--a famously prickly character whose temper has earned him the nickname "Snarlin' Arlen"—may shift to the right.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Snarlin' Arlen May Snarl at Obama
This could be fun to watch:
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And we know what a nasty snarl ol' Arl has.
The Won should have known what he was doing when he picked up the snake--snakes do what snakes do--but The Won didn't believe that what's thrown under the bus could get back out to bite him.
Politics ain't beanbag, as someone said.
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