Texas Senator Provides Fillibuster Proof Democratic Majority

Many of us hoped that Texas Senator would be Rick Noriega. Who would have thought that our own Junior Senator, John Cornyn, would lose the fillibuster proof Senate majority for the R's on his watch as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee? When Franken is seated, and now with Specter, D's will have 60. Great job Senator Cornyn - and thanks! Even more interesting, will this move by Specter allow KBH to resign to run for Governor in the Great State? Bill White and John Sharp, start your engines! UPDATE: This from TPM (emphasis mine) -

As a point of reference, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)--chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee)--wrote a letter to Pennsylvania Republicans two weeks ago endorsing the man who today decided he didn't want to be a Republican at all.

"My job as head of the NRSC is to guide the GOP back to a majority in the Senate," Cornyn wrote. "I can't do that without Arlen Specter. With him as our nominee, I can target our campaign resources toward beating Democrats and growing the Senate Republican Conference."

Whoops. Well...perhaps he'll reconsider now that it looks like conservative Pat Toomey will be running against Specter in the general election not the primary.