Democrat Wecht backs GOP's Specter in re-election bid

[Freddie Stubbs]

Republican seeking fifth term in U.S. Senate
Tuesday, September 14, 2004

By Jeffrey Cohan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In his 1993 book about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Allegheny County Coroner Dr. Cyril H. Wecht derided Arlen Specter's "single-bullet theory" as an "asinine pseudoscientific sham."

If Specter ever took the insult personally, he no longer can. Wecht saw to that yesterday, crossing party lines to endorse re-election of the Republican senator.

"You don't have to be a good forensic scientist to be a strong U.S. senator," Wecht said yesterday, after announcing his endorsement of Specter to reporters in his Downtown law office.

Wecht said he had no regrets about undercutting the campaign of fellow Democrat Joe Hoeffel, a three-term congressman from Montgomery County and Specter's challenger in the Nov. 2 election.

more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04258/378807.stm

[napi21]

1. That's not good! Cyril has a lot of respect in Pgh, and across the state!

I live there for many years, and I still think a lot of him. The only positive thing I can say is that I've spoken to several relatives still living in Pgh. They are so disgusted with Shrub and his enabling Pub House & Senate, they all said they were just going to vote for all the Dems on the ballot to change the One Party Gov't we've experienced.

I hope their attitude is spread across the state & the Country!

[AlinPA]

2. What I can't believe is that Joe Mascara endorsed Specter too.

[bleedingheart]

3. Wecht and Mascara are bitter

because they both lost elections they felt they were destined to hold.

Wecht lost against Roddey and blamed other dems...but in fact the egomaniac couldn't even carry his own neighborhood because they thought he was a jerk.

Mascara lost against Murtha...a fellow Dem and guess what it was because Murtha has a history of providing for his district as well as others.

Now they are endorsing Specter and it makes them look like bigger losers.

Funny how Wecht was quiet while his son David was looking to win a judicial position...why not start endorsing republicans back then????