A couple of items from the political world to note today.
It will be the end of an era – both in Washington and Pennsylvania – today when Sen. Arlen Specter takes the podium in the Capitol to deliver his final address as a senator.
Specter is expected to speak on the Senate floor at 10 a.m.
Specter, 80, will likely review his three decades in Washington. He’s also expected to deliver one final salvo, against the increasing gridlock and bitter partisan nature of politics as it is practiced in the nation’a capital.
Specter was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak.
Sestak was in turn KO’d in the general election by former Republican congressman Pat Toomey, bagging the seat for the GOP.
For all his political opportunism, Specter routinely delivered the goods for Pennsylvania, and in particular the Philadelphia region.
He will be missed.
Just as one career ends in Washington, another is taking bloom, and with a flourish.
Word came yesterday that the new congressman from Delco’s 7th District, Republican Pat Meehan, has bagged something of a coup.
Meehan will chair the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. It’s rare for a freshman legislator to be given such a position.
Meehan’s background as both a D.A. here in Delaware County and U.S.
Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania likely figured into his appointment.
Go get ‘em, Pat.
It will be the end of an era – both in Washington and Pennsylvania – today when Sen. Arlen Specter takes the podium in the Capitol to deliver his final address as a senator.
Specter is expected to speak on the Senate floor at 10 a.m.
Specter, 80, will likely review his three decades in Washington. He’s also expected to deliver one final salvo, against the increasing gridlock and bitter partisan nature of politics as it is practiced in the nation’a capital.
Specter was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak.
Sestak was in turn KO’d in the general election by former Republican congressman Pat Toomey, bagging the seat for the GOP.
For all his political opportunism, Specter routinely delivered the goods for Pennsylvania, and in particular the Philadelphia region.
He will be missed.
Just as one career ends in Washington, another is taking bloom, and with a flourish.
Word came yesterday that the new congressman from Delco’s 7th District, Republican Pat Meehan, has bagged something of a coup.
Meehan will chair the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. It’s rare for a freshman legislator to be given such a position.
Meehan’s background as both a D.A. here in Delaware County and U.S.
Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania likely figured into his appointment.
Go get ‘em, Pat.
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