Collegian Gets it Right!

It isn't often I read something in the KSU Collegian that's worth the time it took to read it, but today's editorial by Tim Hadachek is wonderful. In discussing the party switch by Senator Arlen Specter, Hadachek reminds both parties that nothing much will change. Specter already voted with the Democrats most of the time.

Hadachek also tells us that Specter's party switch isn't about ideology, or a perceived swing to the right in the GOP. It's all about Specter, and his reelection in 2010. Interestingly, Specter was livid in 2001 when Senator Jim Jeffords changed from Republican to Independent. That move cost Specter his chairmanship of the Veterans' Affairs Committee.

The whole party switch is to preserve Specter's cushy Senate seat. Surprised?

Quoting the last paragraph of the editorial:

So Republicans can politely ask that Specter not let the door hit him on the way out. Nothing changes in the Senate -- except that another slimeball career politician will probably be reelected in 2010. But that's hardly a new development.

Read the whole column here.