"I must respectfully disagree. Regardless of what else President Bush does this term, his legacy will largely be defined by the Supreme Court justices he gets appointed to the bence. If someone like Spector causes us to get stuck with two more Souters then the entire 8 years of his reign will be forever tarnished. He just can't take the risk."
I think GWB is well aware of this . I trust GWB. If he wants him as chair, than he probably has something over him and thinks if he has a moderate push through conserrvative judges, it will help him. GWB will do what he thinks is best to get what he needs to do, done.
You don't understand Arlen spRectum very well...he believes he now has his own 6 year mandate and political capital to spend in both directions, RAT & GOP...Bush can't touch him. Only the GOP Senate can...
I think you're right, although deep down inside, I'd feel better with someone else heading that committee. However, maybe Specter has the ability to get it done, which others may not - the only question will be how his feet are going to be held to the fire once he's chairman of the committee.