At last, some verbal hugs for U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. The Democratic (nee Republican) incumbent got the
endorsement from Democratic State Committee at a meeting in snowbound Lancaster Saturday (Fe. 6). It was no small feat. The rules required a two-thirds majority for anyone to be endorsed by the state party organization. Specter got the two-thirds, easily besting U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, his opponent in the May primary. What does it mean? No much. The days when committee people could influence the vote in high-visibility races is long gone. But, it does provide a symbolic boost for the Specter campaign, showing that his new party has accepted him as one of their own.
