Poor, old, forlorn, soon-to-be-out-of-the-Senate Arlen Specter. The poor old guy just can’t cut a break. In an unprecedented move, he changes political parties in the middle of a term, thinking he has improved his otherwise-dismal chances in the upcoming mid-term election. And what happens? The party crashes. The popular guy who was energizing the party has lost a truckload of that popularity and looks to be on the verge of failing to pass the bill he basically based his campaign on. Now according to the latest Rasmussen poll, Arlen trails his Republican opponent, Pat Toomey, by double digits.
Arlen had to know that changing horses midstream was a calculated risk, more likely to alienate his base than to attract new supporters. And sure enough, 15% of Pennsylvania voters now have a very favorable opinion of Arlen, while 36% have a very unfavorable opinion.
Poor Arlen. Crosses the street to avoid walking under scaffolding only to reach the other side and have a piano fall on him.
Poor Arlen.
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Lots of piano references today. Did it fall from the primo piano?
August 14th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
August 14th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
He, along with, Dodd and Frank, are fine examples of what is wrong with Washington. I hope he gets crushed in the primary and Toomey kills whoever the eventual democratic standard bearer who emerges.
August 14th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving candidate.
August 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
JEM/aefheld: I can think of a finer example/more deserving candidate.
August 14th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
@Howard Portnoy – I can think of a number of congress-critters I’d love to see consigned to oblivion (or, better yet, that refuse bin for no-accounts I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me out of Here!). Still and all, Specter deserves the special consideration the voters of Pennsylvania are likely to give him. That it will rid the halls of Congress of a self-important ignoramus is lagniappe.
August 14th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
For some reason the word “lagniappe” always makes me yearn for tomatoes, ricotta and oregano. I don’t know why that should be.
August 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I don’t know either, Peter, but I do know that you can order some lagniappe on the first floor.
August 15th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
And enjoy the primo piano with your meal, I suppose. Including the passage that’s lagniappe ma non troppo.
August 15th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
This time I believe you mean lasagne ma non troppo (which come to think of it is probably an oxymoron in Italian, where even molto lasange is never troppo).
August 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm