Posted on 11/05/2004 6:28:01 AM PST by Always Right
Specter Retreats: Specter denied yesterday that he threatened Bush on judge nominees. Don’t buy it. Specter knows that he got too arrogant and stepped into a hornets nest. Specter’s statement that, “I have never and would never apply any litmus test on the abortion issue,” just is not true. Specter has made it clear that he considers Roe v. Wade as Constitutional as the First Amendment. When the rubber hits the road, this is a litmus test for Specter. A few token votes to save his behind doesn’t change that a bit. Never forget what he did to Bork. In words and actions, Sen. Specter is no different than President NON-elect Kerry.
The BUZZ on this issue was outstanding. Discussions were all over talk radio, cable TV, and the internet. Several reports of phone calls flooding Senators offices were made. Reportedly, Sen. Frist grilled Sen. Specter on this and told him flatly that the Judiciary Chairmanship is not guaranteed. Folks, this is winnable. We can not let this issue die.
Today’s goal is to STRATEGIZE. Things we know:
1. Sen. Hatch must resign the Chairmanship because GOP rules forbid him to hold it for more than 8 years.
2. Sen. Grassley is next in line, but because he is Finance Chairman he is forbidded to have both.
3. Sen. Specter is next in line, followed by Sen. Kyl who would make an excellent Chairman.
4. Seniority on Committee gives priority, but it still must be voted on. We need to find out the when, what, where, and how behind this vote.
There is an effort to try to persuade Grassley to resign his Finance Chairmanship and take the Judiciary. I support this. It’s a clean way to resolve this without changing the rules or ruffling of too many feathers. But having Grassley give up the coveted Finance Chair is a big if.
Let’s keep in mind the real goal here too as we strategize. We want Bush to appoint good conservative judges who will not go along with the judicial activism that currently runs rabid in our courts. There are two obstacles to this.
1. Democrat Filibusters.
2. Specter as Chairman of Judiciary.
The next 60 will determine how big the obstacles will be. In my opinion, what happens over the next 60 days are the most critical. We need to establish a clean path so Bush’s appointed judges can get voted on the full floor of the Senate. We must keep up the pressure on our Senators. If we let it die now, nothing will be done and we will have lost the best opportunity of our lives to make a difference in our Courts.
There is a preliminary petition at that is being worked on here. Please review it. Pro-Life Petition to Block Sen. Arlen Specter.
ANYBODY but Spector. He is the absolutely worst possible chairman for that committe.
Sorry, i have to stop using MS Word, it always messes up my links
Grassley link
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270628/posts
petition link
http://www.cpforlife.org/id132
I thought so. Kyl is more solid, if I am not mistaken. Grassley's got quite a bit of rino in him. There's something about those farms states...
Yeah? What should I say/do? I emailed the president yesterday, and frist, and I faxed frist.
Yes, but if it reaches the full Senate the debate will be much more open to public scrutiny and therefore to public pressure.
Good. Don't let this man pick our judges!!!
Thanks, i was unaware of Grassley's involvement with Souter. Something that needs resrearch.
But just as John Kerry should quite appropriately have been held to account for everything he said and did about Vietname, so Arlen MacSpectre should be held to what he did to Robert Bork.
If we had a half-bright press, this is the question they'd ask: "Given what you said about the President's Constitutional authority, why did you reject Robert Bork, did you do the right thing in doing so, and would you do it again if President Bush sent up someone like Robert Bork?"
Dan
Biblical Christianity web site
Biblical Christianity message board
Agree 100%. Why focus on one item? What we really want are judges who UPHOLD written law - not make law from the bench.
I ask you to please address the judicial issue aggressively. It is crucial. Please do what you can to get Specter OUT of the way on this issue.
Keep it very very short. They are much more likely to read it.
Respectfully,
Such and Such.
http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm
Also, our founders did not intend for us to legalize the killing of unborn babies. If you want to kill unborn babies, then float a constitutional amendment (and see how far that gets).
I agree. I just put it out there for evaluation. Grassley makes sense in that it is the easiest route to the goal of replacing Specter. Kyl makes sense as the much better choice. anybody is better than Specter.
But 40 Dems will block all pro-life judges, just as Specter said.
This is the silliest cause I've seen on FR since the contrail people used to come by.
Sen. Sphincter needs to go!
Wait a minute:
According the NRA's website, Specter is already Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee.
If it's true that he cannot hold to Chairmanships, what do we have to worry about?
That he'd resign the VA post?
Sounds to me like getting Grassley to resign his other post would be the best all-around deal.
SENATE FRESHMAN SENIORITY: Those House GOPers Get A Leg Up
Assuming that all current vote leaders are eventually declared the winners, the following represents the Senate seniority ranking of the new class of senators. Seniority between incoming senators is determined by the extent of their prior service, in order, as a Senator, U.S. Vice President, House member, Cabinet Secretary, Governor, and finally state population.
92.) Burr (5 House terms)
93.) DeMint (3 House terms)*
94.) Coburn (3 House terms)*
95.) Thune (3 House terms)*
96.) Isakson (2 House terms + 23 months)
97.) Vitter (2 House terms + 20 months)
98.) Martinez (ex-Cabinet Sec.)
99.) Obama
100.) Salazar
* = Although ties are broken by state population to determine overall Senate seniority, within the GOP conference itself, such ties in seniority are decided by lottery.
System is still in testing and we're advised not to submit..??
Good point. Not my petition, but fellow freeper cpforlife.org. We need to make the case more savvy with broader appeal.
We don't need avowedly "pro-life" justices on the Supreme Court: all we need are strict Constitutionalists.
There's nothing about a "right" to abortion in the Constitution, and they will certainly recognize that.
http://www.voicesheard.org/action/vh-11-4-2004.htm?PHPSESSID=d4b30442eac1f3234171c3b442b5d909
sign their petition
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