He said the end of Ms Pryce's marriage was "distressing, very upsetting" but "being the person that she is, a strong-minded, strong-willed person, it also caused her greatanger and in the end led her to want to get revenge".
Adding that he thought the rhetoric was "within acceptable limits, " Specter told reporters that economic and political anxieties have created a "level of angerin the country" that has not been seen since the Great Depression.