And From the Fever Swamps of the Left Wing Crazies....

John Fielding

I decided to look in on my favorite left wing blog, The Pennsylvania Progressive, and there is a post there entitled "Specter's Strategy is Perfect," written by a regular contributor, Jamoca.

Jamoca poses the theory that Specter switched and then equivocated with respect to being a "real" Democrat (whatever that is) to create a split in the Democratic ranks between alleged establishment types who want to give Specter a free ride in the Democratic promary on the theory that Specter's victory is inevitable and those who want a "real" Democrat to run against him because Specter won't hop to their tune on a progressive platform. Jamoca posits that Specter did this on purpose to split the Dems and guarantee a GOP win in the race.

Frankly, from the standpoint of an outside observer, the Democrats generally don't need any help when it comes to splits in their ranks, and Jamoca and his/her ilk are largely responsible for them. He/She should like them; his/her prescription for getting "rid" of political parties (as if one could have Congress repeal human nature) is a recipe for chaos and disaster if ever there were one.

Later, John Morgan published an article that has Sestak contemplating a run against Specter because Sestak is alleged to be a "real" Democrat, and Specter is still a Republican in philosophy. One can only hope.

Sestak will not beat Specter, but he will be required, as a practical matter, to give up what used to be Curt Weldon's seat to run, thus affording the GOP a double chance to beat the Democrats in Fall 2010: both Specter and Sestak.

And, after eight years of "compassionate conservativism" and whatever vile slurry of fascism/national socialism Obama has served up for two years, we will finally get a chance to see someone with real conservative cred run in a statewide race. And beat two Democrats; always a good thing.