This was one of the few times I was pulling for a Democrat win.
There is the key phrase. After the President put his shoulder to the wheel to help Sphincter, he got absolutely no help in return in the main election. Somehow, I think Sen Sphincter may not even get onto the Senate Judiciary Committee this time!
Specter won PA for the same reason Kerry did. DemocRATic support from Philly and the 'Burgh.
Time to ex-Specter-ate.
Bush did Specter a huge favor by supporting him against Toomey. What did it get him? He lost Pennsylvania and now Specter is threatening to repay him by playing the part of Tom Daschle. This is why moderates are worthless.
I hope they are setting up the good guy/bad guy routine.
makes me glad I voted for Clymer.
The more conservative the judges the better.....we need to offset the liberals as much as possible.
I would expect you to be mindful of who you're talking to. Are you so lame that you can't speak personally with the President regarding your concerns?
I see the Sphincter breaks wind again.
It should be Sen. Toomey, not 6 more years of Snarlin' Arlen.
I think we need to bombard Frist's office with email, letters, and phone calls telling him to replace this guy. He can do it, Senate procedure allows him to! This article makes me mad. Calling this clown a loyal Republican when he did not campaign for our President or any other Republican in PA! And the audacity to make this statement when he owes his current position to our President and Vice-President! He has no loyalty to anyone except NOW and as Ann Coulter says, they keep guys like him on the leash until the real deal comes along. Just look at the clown that was stripped of power for being a lecherous drunk, another "moderate" Republican Senator - I forget his name just now.
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I'm intending to sit down and discuss with him how things are going to work. We want to know what he's going do and how things are going to work."
Maybe Spector will not get the chairmenship.....it looks like the Republicans may deep six him if he's off the reservation and with the threats he just made to Bush in this article it looks like he's already off the reservation......
Stay tuned it's gonna get interesting.
Just when you think it's safe to come out the RINOs attack. I heard a report on FOX this AM that Chafee was considering switching parties yesterday, but then reconsidered when he realized he'd be missing out on of all the goodies being in the majority party. What an @ss.
What really kills me is the disloyalty. When a president selects judicial nominees the only reason the Judicial Committee should refuse to let the whole Senate vote on that nominee is if the nominee is professionally unqualified.
The fact of the matter is, I'm afraid, is that certain RINOs are media whores, and their own celebrity ranks above all else. They know blocking a Bush nominee will get them heaps of praise in the MSM. Sad. Ted Kennedy can just step back and laugh.
It'll be interesting to see how the Admin and Frist approach this looming episode.
And the president warned newly- (and barely-) elected senator Arlen Specter that if he didn't shut his cake hole, he would find himself hanging coats in the Senate cloakroom.
I would love to see the President and Frist call Specter into the oval office. Politely offer him coffee. Then tell him to keep his trap shut and give him an earful about his betrayal.
"We stood by you in your primary, when we had a real Republican giving you a run for your money. Our support saved your sorry @$$. You turned around and betrayed us. We saved you so you could help us, and you BLEEPed us. You not only BLEEPed us, you could have done a lot for your party. Several house seats in your home base of the Philly suburbs lost because you didn't support them. You abandoned us. And now you have the temerity to lecture us about appointments you jack BLEEP?
"Hey chucklehead, the President makes court appointments, not the judiciary committee. And if you'll note, you are supposed to be evaluating them for competence, not their politics. There are no litmus tests. Oh and by the way, you are now in charge of coat check at the cloak room, not the judiciary. You ran on 'My clout is Pennsylvania's clout' well, good luck next time without any clout. Now get the BLEEP out of my office.
jerk specter should just shut his mouth ... I guess he really to blackmail Bush and Santorum during his primary race against Toomey ... otherwise, jerk face specter would be gracious and feel he owns some goodwill to bush.
I sent my email to the Majority Leader, Senator Bill Frist, on his contact form at frist.senate.gov. He is happy to hear from voters all over the U.S., not just Tennessee.
Arleen needs to sit down and shut up or he will get dascheled.