Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Joe Biden Makes His Bones

If he accomplishes nothing else, getting Specter to switch parties marks him as an effective VP.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is this a joke? Biden had nothing to do with it. Specter saw he had a better chance getting reelected if he switched parties, so he did what any politician would do. It won't change how he votes in the Senate.

3:14 PM, April 28, 2009  
Blogger New England Guy said...

I don't understand why Specter is a democrat (unless he's been promised something) rather than an independent. Therefore, I'm guessing that he's been promised something (committee chair?).

I don't buy that he has a better chance of reelection in the other party. If he was going down to defeat in the Republican primary, he's almost certainly going down in the 2010 democratic primary. His best chance to win is in a 3 way race where he can present the party nominees as extremist partisans and himself as the rational alternative.

4:28 AM, April 29, 2009  
Blogger QueensGuy said...

He's been promised his full seniority, so yes, that will lead to at the very least an Appropriations sub-committee chair. Also, promises have been made to "discourage" potential democratic competitors. We'll see if those promises survive his first three votes against the Democratic agenda.

5:57 AM, April 29, 2009  
Blogger New England Guy said...

Doesn't matter how he votes- The Anita Hill videos are warming up and party activists have long memories.

7:59 AM, April 29, 2009  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You've been in New England too long, New England Guy. It couldn't be clearer. Polls showed him far behind in the Republican primary, and scoring well with Dem voters in Pa.

11:41 AM, April 29, 2009  
Blogger New England Guy said...

Polls? Forgive me. I forgot how reliable they showed themselves during the last primary season

6:06 AM, April 30, 2009  

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