The wildly turning political weather vane of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-If You Don't Like It Just Wait 15 Minutes, has spun again, putting him -- at least until further notice -- again on the wrong side of the Employee Free Choice Act.He told liberal bloggers' Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh over the weekend that he'd support limiting Senate debate on the bill so it can proceed to an up-or-down vote. This, after vowing in April -- as he announced his defection from the GOP -- that he wouldn't vote for cloture regarding the same bill.
And though the bill no longer includes allowing union formation via "card check" rather than secret ballots, it still calls for binding arbitration when a union and employer can't agree on their first contract. Letting government set wages is an idea only an economic ignoramus could support -- or an opportunistic pol.
Arlen Specter's primary concern is getting re-elected, not making economic sense. However wildly his political weather vane spins, it always points to what he thinks is best politically for him -- and never mind the people of Pennsylvania or the nation.