Senator Arlen Specter of Pa has decided to vote against cloture of the Employee Free Choice Act. This means it probably won't get to be voted on. Basically, killing the bill. (I am tired of journalists writing that it won't get "passed". This is wrong. What the repubs are doing now is filibustering anything they can't win. Which means no one gets to vote on it. 60 votes is needed to "end debate" and not "pass" a bill.)
What does this mean for Arlen? Well, it looks like he has chosen to run as a repub in 2010 and not independent. Why? I have no idea. He already has a strong primary challenger. He also had a gurantee from the labor unions to back his candidacy. (which are strong in Pa.)
At the end of the day. Arlen Specter's history of supporting unions just went out the window. I am afraid he might have secured an end to his career.
