[nicmarlo]

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship.

Sounds the same, almost spelled the same. It fits.

spectre noun

1. a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition]
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience

[Czar]

"Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants..."

Man, that was a brilliant move two years ago to let Snarlin' Arlen keep his job. Should have dumped his ass when we had the chance.