Facing a possible primary defeat in his home state, Senator Arlen Spector, one of the most senior Republican senators, switches parties — and voila, filibuster-proof Senate (given a comedian-turned-politician Al Franken wins in Minnesota, and this seems likely as things stand). A cause for a celebration if you are a Democrat like myself, is it not?
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Yes, mostly it is, but with the great power come great responsibility — and the potential for corruption. Countless students of human nature postulated that, and it would be foolish and hardheaded of me to deny that, especially in the face of current allegations of bi-partisanship being dead regardless of President Obama’s campaign promises.
I still want to think he is doing the best he can to bring such a lofty goal to fruition. But it can’t be argued that this recent development is going to set back the urgency to achieve that to quite a significant degree.
Nonetheless, I am happy to welcome the veteran senator from Pennsylvania to my party. With such a boost in the middle of the devloping swine flu pandemic and cautiously positive economic outlook, I look forward to seeing what may transpire in our federal government in the next 100 days.
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