Even with Specter's not planning to hold new hearings for the old nominees, the clock is ticking for Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.), who promised to bring one of the Bush nominees to a vote on the Senate floor in February. The White House, however, has yet to submit the nominees to the Senate for consideration.
He promised to bring a nominee to the floor in February, so you can see why the media would be implying, on January 28th, that the Republicans are delinquent.
Maybe MacSpectre's going to forgo hearings on ALL of W's nominees! You know... just to make up for all the wasted time.
Dan