The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Monday, November 08, 2004  

"WHIP ME, BEAT ME . . . KEEP ME IN LINE!"
It's the Arlen Specter Show

Single-issue activists and voters, both "moderate" and "liberal," and a decent-sized cohort of local pundits, including the editors of the Philadelphia Inquirer, along with, I suspect, some elements within the national Democratic Party hierarchy, were just certain Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), would, if re-elected, return to his "moderate" roots, especially given his powerful new position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

They were wrong. And they should be ashamed of themselves.

[Post-publication addendum: Be sure to read Ari Berman's "Daily Outrage" profiling five of Sen. Specter's new hallmates. We are the company we keep.]

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