[Anti-Bubba182]

Hope Specter pays for what he did.

[ImpotentRage]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I am delighted to read this.

[Schnucki]

"I have said that bluntly during the course of the campaign and before. When the Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed me, they quoted my statement that Roe vs. Wade was inviolate." He suggested that "nobody can be confirmed" who does not accept abortion rights.
--Specter (as quoted in Novak's article)

[Prime Choice]

Sources on Capitol Hill and in the White House suggest Sen. Arlen Specter's (R.-Penn.) campaign to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee may be crumbling just as it began.

YES! Keep the heat on, people! This guy's a snake and will do whatever he can to slither out of the mess he got himself into. Don't let up until this Democrat with an 'R' by his name is OFF the committee!

[Joe Brower]

It isn't over 'til it's over, folks. Keep up the pressure. It's working!

[Carolina]

That would leave two vacancies. Sen. Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.), one of the Senate's leading pro-lifers, wants a spot. Presumably the other vacancy would be filled by a freshman. Of the incoming freshmen, Sen.-elect David Vitter (R.-La.) and Sen.-elect Mel Martinez (R.-Fla.) are lawyers.

Excellent. Nice to have a good talent pool.

[Prime Choice]

Kyl has a lifetime ACU rating of 97% to Specter's 43%.

Where can I learn more about this Jon Kyl? At first blush, he sounds like the right man for the job.

[BonnieJ]

He is the darling of the left now, as McCain was.

[Dems_R_Losers]

It appears that the developing strategy now is for the senate repubcan conference to either abolish its term-limit rules (which are ridiculous in the Senate anyway) or waive the rule so Orrin Hatch can continue as Judiciary Chairman. Specter cannot be rejected as Chairman if he is never in line to be Chairman in the first place. And the Republicans avoid a massive media explosion over Specter.

[samtheman]

We should have supported the democrats over Specter. We'd still have a Senate majority and Specter wouldn't have the power to push a RAT agenda.

Our bad.

[samtheman]

Much of the election of a chairman will rest on the input of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.) and Conference Chairman Sen. Rick Santorum (R.-Penn.).

Frist is the key on this one. If he can't take a principled stand here, where and when will he ever take one?

[Syco]

Stop Specter Ping!

[Born Conservative]

Business interests are also worried that a Chairman Specter would derail the President's tort reform agenda

Specter? Against tort reform? Nahhhhh

[Cedar]

Keep up the calls, faxes, emails, even VISITS---

Say NO to Specter as chairman.

[rface]

I just got back from newly re-elected Sen. Bond's office (R-MO)and from Sen. Talent's office (R-MO).

I dropped off a letter at each office and voiced my opposition to Specter's position.

[Bahbah]

"The original comments attributed to Senator Specter were very unnerving…. His statement clarifying his position is reassuring."

This original comments were not "attributed" to him, they were made by him. His "clarification" was a result of pressure but won't last beyond any acendency to the chairmanship.

[petercooper]

I wouldn't be surprised if this jackass resigns for "health reasons" and lets Fast Eddie Rendell appoint a new Dem senator...

[1Old Pro]

I Specter gets the chair, the GOP did not listen to their voters.

[Rutles4Ever]

Sources on Capitol Hill and in the White House suggest Sen. Arlen Specter's (R.-Penn.) campaign to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee may be crumbling just as it began. Still, opponents of Specter's run face an uphill battle.

Great journalism. So which is it?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hope Specter pays for what he did.

I called Specter's office when he voted Scottish during impeachment, and I told them I'd never vote for him again. I followed through and didn't vote for Specter, and if everyone in PA had listened to me, he wouldn't be back in DC.

[numberonepal]

There will come a day when leftists and wrong-doers will hear the word FReeper, and quake in thier boots. That day is not too far away.