Two cases.
1] Bush wanted Alito approved in December. Specter dragged things out and it was almost February before he got in.
2] Brett Kavanaugh just got dragged back for a second hearing which will delay his confirmation.
What other possible reason for such delays other than to obstruct the process and hope for something to be revealed that will be devastating to the nominee?
If having a GOP Senate majority is important, and it's EXTREMELY important, then we need Specter. Like I said, he's part of the reason there's 10 GOPers for every 8 DEMs on Senate committees
WRONG! And even Specter acknowledged that his loss wouldn't effect the GOP majority status. and the results confirm it. We gained seats and we would have still been up even with Specters' defeat.
Same goes for Lincoln Chaffee, Susan Collins, and all the other RINOs. Actually, the miracle to me is that they're IN the GOP. They don't hurt us by being liberal Republicans. They help us immensely by not being Democrats.
Really? [1] How many of them are part of the Gang of 14 and are happy to obstruct our agenda?
Really? [2] Maybe the voters really want to elect a Republican and the GOP didn't allow a conservative to get on the ballot and all those voters could do was follow your advice and vote for the RINO.
Really? [3] Maybe you are right and that is the best we can hope for from those states, but I doubt it. I think that the fact that they are voting Republican is a repudiation of the Democrats. We need to offer better choices, if only the damn national party would stay out of it.
As an example, the reelection group that Liddy Dole runs (or ran) for GOP senators helped pro abortion Specter over pro life Pat Toomey. Now, in the Santorum Casey race, they are of course supporting Arlen by criticizing Casey as not being pro life ENOUGH.
Now, on to Chaffee. He was part of the group holding up the judicial nominations. While actively fighting Bush and most of the rest of the GOP, Dole was sending out mail asking for us to help defeat democrat obstructionists. Hell's fire, they are supporting an obstructionist within the party. They are still supporting him over a conservative challenger. They will try to crush the challenger. All we ask is that they stay out of the primaries and let US make our choice.
Remember Jumpin' Jim Jeffords? Imagine all the RINOs jumped. We're MUCH better off with RINOs than we would be with DEMs. It's not even arguable.
And there is your problem. You're afraid to do the right thing for fear that something bad MIGHT happen. Who, but us junkies, even remembers Jeffords. Is he a force to be reckoned with? Has he been rewarded for his perfidy? Has he even really been welcomed by the dems after the first hurrahs died down?
Jumpers, and potential jumpers know that they are pariahs -- just like any traitor -- and they are not loved or trusted. We hold the majority and they want whatever power that comes from that majority. They are going anywhere, unless and until we grow the collective stones to throw them out.
Just what I thought. You're making stuff up. You don't have any proof at all that Specter wanted those nominations killed. Hell, he voted for both of them. He may well have been their saving grace for all you know.
I'm not afraid of anything. Voting is such a no-brainer, I only pay attention at all for the fun of it. I could train a rooster to vote for me. I ain't votin' for the DEM party, so that pretty much settles it. If you ain't votin' GOP, who you gonna vote for?