Arlen Specter's colleagues need to take him aside and remind him that not only does he need the party to vote him into the chair of the senate Judiciary Committee, it can also throw him out on his ear. Mr. Specter may also be held in check, as will others, by the fact that 55 seats may give the GOP the right to a two-vote majority on certain committees, thereby isolating party holdouts.
Ex-Senator (I love the sound of that) Daschle's demise came precisely because his opponent effectively explained to voters that it was Mr. Daschle who jammed the gears of the President's agenda. That's something to consider if you are pining for the chair of the senate Judiciary Committee.
Good points to heed Braveman for a reasoned, level & honest person.
But this Spector character?
He's really an odd duck.
Methinks when he dies?
...they'll have to bury him strapped to an auger.