Trying hard this week to diversify and not write about political things, but as this race heats up, the parallel with the Lamont/Lieberman race in ‘06 becomes increasingly clear, as Joe Sestak makes gains.
If Sestak manages to topple Specter in the primary, Specter is even better positioned to run as an independent in the fall [...]

Or so it would seem.  On the issue of Arlen Specter’s defection, he said
I would rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who really believe in principles of limited government, free markets, free people, than to have 60 that don’t have a set of beliefs.
Assuming he believes that from that rump party of 30 a [...]

OK, so Arlen Specter has gone from the best-or-second-best Republican to being the worst-or-second-worst Democrat.  Since his switch was motivated by cold calculation re his dim 2010 prospects for re-election, and had absolutely nothing to do with his positions, it’s at best a mixed bag.
As a sidenote, it means that there are no longer any [...]