In a new interview with GQ, powerful Democratic Rep. Barney Frank says while he’s “glad to have” party-switching Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., on his side, he’s not all that impressed with Specter’s performance so far.
“[A]s an elected official, I have to say I don’t think he did our profession any good,” Frank says. “First of all, to announce that it was done purely so he could survive. Secondly, his performance since then has been very disappointing.”
In particular, Frank calls out Specter for saying, soon after he switched parties, that he was “confident the courts in Minnesota will do justice to [Republican] Norm Coleman, and then said, Oh, I forgot which side I’m on!—forget about forgetting which side he’s on. What that says is, his view of what the law should be depends on what party he’s in. This notion that your view of what’s an appropriate legal decision depends on your party is shocking for a guy who’s supposed to be this great lawyer.”
Read the entire interview here
