Arlene Spector has to be fuming when members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted Tuesday night to strip Republican-turned-Democrat of his 29-years of seniority!"Sen. Reid assured me that I would keep my committee assignments and that I would have the same seniority as if I had been elected as a Democrat in 1980," Specter said in a statement Wednesday.
"It was understood that the issue of subcommittee chairmanships would not be decided until after the 2010 election. Some members of the caucus have raised concerns about my seniority, so the caucus will vote on my seniority at the same time subcommittee chairmanships are confirmed after the 2010 election. I am confident my seniority will be maintained under the arrangement I worked out with Sen. Reid," Specter said. But that would require a different outcome from what happened Tuesday.
I can not imagine Spector would have made the switch without receiving his senority as well. Afterall, he probably could run in PA as an Independent and still win the general election.
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