Allow me to extend a belated welcome to FR and thank you for replying.
Specter is reprehensible. Hoeffel is worse. We all know that. My focus is strictly limited to one committee. The judiciary with Kyl in charge will help us for the next generation or more by getting good judges approved (assuming Bush nominates them). Hoeffel's bad votes in the senate will not count for as much in the general scheme of things.
Santorum's ad for Specter said that he is there for us for the votes that counts. That was pure bunkum. Don't lower taxes count? Don't gun rights count? Don't school vouchers count? The list goes on.
Specter is more likely to be with us when we don't need him than when we do. He's an accomplished vote counter and knows which way to throw his vote and when so that it benefits Arlen Specter. He is a career politician who needs to retire. Since he won't quit, I want him fired.
Badray wrote: "I want him (Spectre) fired."
Thanks for the welcome. I wanted Spectre fired, too, but the opportunity has passed. A Republican majority isn't a done deal, so you might end up with a Democrat chairing the judiciary committee. That would be very bad, albeit not necessarily much worse than one chaired by Spectre!
Spectre's nomination is indeed a sad predicament, but we (conservatives) must get much better at winning primaries. BTW, if a Democrat DOES win the election, it will be much harder to beat him in the future. Incumbents have a rather large advantage, so your plan might end up losing the seat to conservatives for decades!