Just when Arlen Specter was trying to convince everyone he is a true-blue Democrat, President Obama created a disturbance in the field for the incumbent U.S. Senator by nominating Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. It
turns out that Specter, then a Republican, voted against Kagan's nomination for Solicitor General, the post she currently holds in the Obama administration. He said it was because she was not forthcoming about her plans for the office. No surprise, Specter's opponent, Joe Sestak, said it was (yet another) example of Specter's transgressions in his previous life and that it raised questions about whether Specter will support Kagan for the high court. Specter says that was then and this is now and he'll wait and see about his next vote on Kagan.
