A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig's decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said.
On Tuesday, Specter, senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, suggested Craig's GOP colleagues who pressured him last week to resign should re-examine the facts surrounding his arrest June 11.
"The more people take a look at the situation, there may well be second thoughts," said Specter, a former prosecutor. If Craig had not pleaded guilty in August to a reduced charge and instead demanded a trial, "I believe he would have been exonerated," Specter said.
- NewsMax (read full story here)
Two scenarios.
1. Craig resigns, the governor appoints a solid conservative to replace him, the solid conservative successfully defends his seat as the incumbent in the next election.
2. Craig does not resign and a Democrat takes the seat in the next election.
Specter is clearly working for scenario #2.
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Specter is the same as Shumer in my opinion.
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