Politicians usually get away with unprincipled acts. Just occasionally, however, they do receive their just rewards.
Last year, Senator Arlen Specter switched parties for no other reason than the fact that, as a moderate Republican, he was unlikely to win the 2010 Pennsylvania Republican primary. This was no act of principle: just a desire to keep a job that he had already held for too long.
Senator Specter's analysis was more acurate than he thought. Not only was he unlikely to have won the Republican primary but, yesterday, he was solidly defeated (54% - 46%) by Representative Joe Sestek in the Democratic Party primary.
Our country will be a slightly better place without a man who, having held the job for nearly thirty years, now seems to define himself as a Senator rather than as a man who is serving his country in the United States Senate.
Enjoy your retirement Senator Specter. Your country will be happy to see you enjoying the quiet life.
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- Mr. Elliot is a founding partner of Collingwood Partners, LLC. He has been an independent management, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and business consultant since 1979. His clients have included government contractors, manufacturing, service, research and development, financial, professional, and banks. He specializes in assisting small and rapidly growing companies with strategic planning, financial management and the management of growth both organically and by acquisition. Mr. Elliot was born and educated in the United Kingdom. He immigrated to the United States in 1968 becoming a naturalized citizen in 1991. He graduated from the University of Cambridge (England) with a BA (Hons) in Agricultural Science and an MA in Agricultural Economics. In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Elliot serves as an International Judge for the sport of sailboat racing.
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