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By Rob Long EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the November 29, 2004, issue of National Review. Church Newsletters From All Over From "Light the Lamp!": The monthly newsletter of the Holy Flame Pentecostal Church of Little Rock, Ark. We welcome back to the area Senator Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.), who has been spending so much time here in Little Rock lately that she's practically joined the church choir! "I'm here spending time at my husband's library," she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, "and of course, I always take time to...

(The) "nuclear option," (is) a parliamentary maneuver to effectively change Senate rules so that only a simple majority is needed to end a filibuster of a judicial nominee. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he has not decided whether he would invoke that option next year. Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah, the chief deputy majority whip, said such a move would occur only if Democrats filibuster a Supreme Court nomination. It's the last paragraph in the source link.

County Election Returns *** Returns were last updated 11/2/2004 11:04:04 PM *** *** 4,892 out of 9,447 Districts (51.78%) Reporting Statewide *** United States Senator Candidate Votes HOEFFEL, JOSEPH M. (DEM) 1,158,304 SPECTER, ARLEN (REP) 1,078,921 SUMMERS, BETSY (LIB) 29,625 CLYMER, JAMES N. (CST) 66,665

Note the following is my wording for what is found on the webpage listed in the Weblink given.] Senator Arlen Specter [R-PA] has received $10,000 from two Abortion/Pro-Choice Pacs. This is under the Category that Open Secrets lists as: Single Issue/Idelogy contributions. This is important since Arlen Specter is being considered for the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This is raw data from: http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/memberprofile.asp?cid=N00001604&cycle=2004&expand=Q15 webpage...

President Bush had barely finished celebrating his election victory when Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania fired a shot across his bow, warning the president not to send judicial nominees before the Senate Judiciary Committee to be confirmed if they were the kinds of judges who might restrict the right to an abortion. More is involved here than just one headstrong senator with

Recall that alleged Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, upon winning the primary, immediately backstabbed President Bush, who had campaigned for him instead of actual Republican Pat Toomey. Turns out Specter was just getting started.

I am truly flabbergast!!! Running in the Pittsburgh Fox market, on Greta Von Sustern's On the Record tonight, was a campaign ad with Michael J. Fox commenting on the need for biomedical research, yadayada...but what stunned me was that it WASN'T for sKerry...it was for snarlin' Arlen Spector. The format is eerily the same as the sKerry spot...now what gives? Bush endorsed Spector (many of us PA R's were quite upset about it...me included) but Spector is running basically the same ad that Kerry is running using the same celeb? Is Arlen, perchance, distancing himself from the President in the...

Except for the presidential election, the most important election this year will take place on April 27 in Pennsylvania. No, it's not the "American Idol" finals. It's even more important than that. That's the day of the Republican primary pitting a great Republican, Pat Toomey, against the 74-year-old, Ira Einhorn-defending alleged "Republican," Arlen Specter. Thanks to Arlen Specter: States can't prohibit partial-birth abortion; Voluntary prayer is banned at high-school football games; Flag-burning is a constitutional right; The government is allowed to engage in race discrimination in college admissions; The nation has been forced into a public debate about gay marriage;...

Washington, D.C. — Citizens Against Government Waste announced today the final results of its online poll for Porker of the Year for 2003. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) finished first with a whopping 51 percent of the vote, outdistancing his “porky” competitors by a 2 to 1 margin. The other finalists, in order of votes received, were: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) (25 percent), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) (14 percent), Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.) (6 percent), and Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.) (4 percent). The five finalists were chosen by CAGW staff from among the 11 Porker of the Month winners throughout 2003,...