So What’s Specter Saying Here?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX3nIYMeU8[/youtube] (via TPM)

This is almost 7 minutes of a clear campaign speech with Specter claiming credit for the stimulus package and for bringing all kinds of funds to Pennsylvania for a bunch of projects.  Calling the current Republican caucus “obstructionist” was a nice touch. He is heckled throughout over EFCA.  At the end, he tells the crowd that “I think you’ll be satisfied with my vote on this issue on union organizing and on first contract just like you’ve been satisfied with the 22 times I voted for Davis Bacon.”

So after voting for cloture for EFCA previously, then telling the world he wasn’t voting for it (when he was still running as a repub), is Arlen telling these working people that he’ll vote for EFCA now or is he talkin’ out of all sides of his mouth here?

I’m voting for talkin’ out of all sides of his mouth. But after seeing this pitch, it is amazing to watch Arlen throwing his colleagues under the bus. He just wants to be Senator again. Allegiance to anything other than that just seems to be beside the point.