[1stFreedom]

>>We can take an extended foreign trip, all of us."

Nope... Call the senate to order, keep the bastards there for weeks... Turn up the heat, reduce the water, seal off all but one toilet, and reduce the amount of food available....

they'll break...

[Roccus]

I'd like to see Specter jump off a bridge right now.

[BobL]

I knew Specter would get wobbly, when push came to shove.

One thing the Dems better consider, if they want to act like Texas crybabies (remember the walkout 2 years ago over redistricting), is that we could take the nuclear option all the way and just eliminate all 60 vote rules, on everything, including legislation.

So we still have some cards to play - and the Dems better be a bit careful - they are a minority party now with a small amount of power left in the Senate, and they'd better realize it quickly, or they will be totally out in the cold (which would be fine with me).

[evad]

Yet some Republicans have expressed concerns that changing the rules could prevent action on other legislation and come back to haunt them in a future Democratic-led Senate.

Sick, lame and inexcusable reasoning.

This is why conservatives are piss'd at our "Republican Controlled" Senate.

If the RATs were in control they wouldn't think twice about torching ANY rule that would further their agenda, including the Constitution.

[brivette]

"haunt them in a future Democratic-led Senate"

This will happen when Mexico agrees to take over the better part of the US for over due lawn maintenance agreements.

[SmithL]

"I'm going to exercise every last ounce of my energy to solve this problem (of stalled judicial nominees) without 'the nuclear option,"

I wish him luck.

[firewalk]

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[Howlin]

Yet some Republicans have expressed concerns that changing the rules could prevent action on other legislation and come back to haunt them in a future Democratic-led Senate.

I don't care.

It is unclear whether Republicans could muster the 51 votes needed in the 100-member Senate to change the rules.

They damn well better be able to; we've worked TOO hard to get us here for them to chicken out now.

Specter, asked his position on "the nuclear option," said, "I have not made a judgment on it. As I've said before, I'd prefer not to come to that bridge. I'm certainly not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it."

It's not up to YOU, idiot; you just get them to the floor; that's your ONLY job!

[Waco]

Where does it say a committee can block a full vote of the senate on anything? Something's amiss here. ADVISE not dictate is the word.

[Beeline40@aol.com]

Well Well, why am I not surprised. HEY YOU IDIOTS WE WARNED YOU!!!!

[StarFan]

Yet some Republicans have expressed concerns that changing the rules could prevent action on other legislation and come back to haunt them in a future Democratic-led Senate

There is no future for these spinless wonders if they don't exercise their power today.

[26lemoncharlie]

Time for Anal Sphincter to take a vacation, permanently and take care of his health! He looks so ridiculous on TV with that Patch for "Corns/Bunions" on his nose! It looks like someone turned up the juice on the Kimo Dial!

[26lemoncharlie]

Time for Anal Sphincter to take a vacation, permanently and take care of his health! He looks so ridiculous on TV with that Patch for "Corns/Bunions" on his nose! It looks like someone turned up the juice on the Kimo Dial!

[GianniV]

Hey Frist - Democrats are NOT your friends. They HATE YOUR GUTS. Do you understand that? And RINOs like Specter are just as bad.

Paging Pat Toomey.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Yet some Republicans privately voiced concerns, with one Senate aide saying Specter "provided the enemy aid and comfort.""

Which is exactly why no many of us contacted Sen. Frist et al in hopes of derailing his chairmanship.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

"If we have a 'nuclear option,' the Senate will be in turmoil and the Judiciary Committee will be hell," Specter said. "We can take an extended foreign trip, all of us."

What Judiciary Committee? See how easy that was?

Specter, a moderate RINO, drew fire from conservatives last year when he suggested opponents of abortion rights might have difficulty winning Senate confirmation to the Supreme Court. He eased their concerns by promising to ensure Bush's nominees got a quick Senate vote.

So we see the real reason for his whine, he looses his power when the rules are changed, as well he should.

[rlmorel]

Screw Specter. Period.

[leprechaun9]

The spectre of this Senator is sickening!

[RAY]

Specter is a damn way off base AH, and always has been! They should have never allowed him to chair the committee!

[Fudd Fan]

I wish Specter good health; but I also wish he'd STFU