I trust George W. Bush and Karl Rove; if Specter stays on as chairman, it will be because THEY are satisfied he's working for them.
I can live with that.
You:"I trust George W. Bush and Karl Rove; if Specter stays on as chairman, it will be because THEY are satisfied he's working for them. I can live with that."
I WILL live with it, because I trust Bush and Frist too, although I will be on my guard. I will be watching to see if the filibuster rules change on judges, and if Specter is permitted to derail strict constructionist nominations. If not, I expect that the slate of good judges will actually appease the pro-lifers, although we are really going to be slapped in the face, hard, if Specter gets the post, and the Administration and Senate will really need to make some good appointments and get them through.
But if we get Specter, filibusters, and pro-choice justices, I will know that I have been a dupe for believing in the Republican pro-life stance.
Because I trust the men you cite, I will live with Specter if I have to...until he screws us. If that happens, I will assume that Bush, Rove and Frist intended that, because it is so utterly foreseeable.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
I still have hopes that Bush, Rove and Frist are concluding right now that carrying Specter's water here is a pointless expenditure of hard-won political capital. Bush consistently does the right thing, so I am hopeful.
If they do the wrong thing, the results will be just catastrophically demoralizing for the pro-lifers.