Bork the Specter!
I have no doubt that Specter would vote against Pryor.
GWB and Rove are smart guys. They decided to support Specter. I'm quite sure the president's men covered all the angles on this one. They decided that a happy Spector was better than a pi$$ed off Specter. (Specter, by the way is f'ing brilliant) A senator, particularly a newly re-elected senator, answers to nobody. The same logic that led Rove to support Specter over Toomey applies now in the chairmanship debate. Make nice with this guy because he is smarter than most people ever dream of being. If he votes his conscience on any nominee, I have no problem with that. He would be duty bound to get the president's nominees an up or down vote and I think he would live up to that.
Can we trust Specter? Why take the chance?
Do we REALLY believe that a Democrat President would try to get a PRO-LIFE nominee for the Supreme Court or even the lower Federal courts?
Of course we don't believe it! And neither should President Bush, who is pro-life, have to bow and scrape to the Democrats and send an abortion-lover as a nominee.
Get real, Arlen!
And it is obvious to us that you, Arlen, were backed FINANCIALLY by Soros for a reason.
Sorry, this Chairmanship is too important a position.
Senator Kyl should be selected as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
Yep, that's where the rubber meets the road for pro-life nominees.
This is a golden opportunity to get another vote for the rules change from one of the 'moderates' who wouldn't tend to support it.
Our 'moderate' Republicans need to be protected from having to vote on judicial filibusters too.