Posted on 04/28/2009 8:40:07 PM PDT by Chet 99
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--It appears Sen. Arlen Specter's planned party switch will restore his electoral safety but won't, at least according to a Senate colleague, come with the trappings of a chairmanship.
Specter, R-Pa., who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee before Republicans lost control of Congress in 2007, will retain his seniority when he migrates from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. His nearly three decades in the Senate will catapult him above other Democrats on several committees.
But although that means he now has the seniority to chair the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, he apparently won't assume the subcommittee gavel.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who currently chairs the panel, said Tuesday that he has no plan to relinquish control. And he says he has the backing of party leadership.
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CAT FIGHT! Time to watch the girlymen go at it.
Serves the bastard right.
Sucka! LOL
Harkin is a disposable for the Dems.
Specter has left the safety of the political pansies in the Republican party and has jumped into the shark tank. The dumb POS is probably surprised that he has been bitten.
F’tard. Its not like he supported any real conservative agendas.....
Apparently TPTB are still giving him payback for the whole "magic bullet" thing. He gets so much mileage from that that they should be careful crossing him.
Apparently TPTB are still giving him payback for the whole "magic bullet" thing. He gets so much mileage from that that they should be careful crossing him.
Doesn’t he know that Comrade Tom flew fighter jets in Vietnam?
The senator negotiated his switch before he announced it.
This is just evidence of what a lousy bargain he got.
He went cheap.
Jim Jeffords got the same treatment. Specter just thought it wouldn’t apply to him.
He ain’t goofy enough for such a plumb assignment as committee chair, as a newly minted member of a party run by a bunch of kook balls who spend their waking hours posting “diaries” on Daily Kooks.
teehee....this will be fun.
Pistols at 10 paces
No matter who wins America wins
Better yet maybe we get lucky and both are good shots
So Harry Reid gets to screw-over either the former Rino or the IOWA Senator.
The key word, there, is IOWA!
That will be pivotal in 2012.
Harkin better yield or Arlen will lift his honorary Scottish Law kilt.
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