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SPECTER SAYS PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE A MANDATE
Face The Nation | Jus'now | Specter

Posted on 11/07/2004 7:42:21 AM PST by VaBthang4

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"Rove says Specter promised Bush expedited handling of judicial nominations"

For me...that is the signal from the White House to let him be.
I can only deduce that they've made some quid pro quo deals concerning Specter's election and W's nominees.

I'll now hold my fire. Once we merge with the enemy on the nominees I'll watch for Specter's activity. If at that point he gets in the way, the White House will turn on him and I'll get back to going after him.

For now it is clear, the White House will obliquely support him...therefore I cease fire.

181 posted on 11/07/2004 9:13:10 AM PST by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: NittanyLion

I see a senator "Fast Eddie" Rendel in our future.


182 posted on 11/07/2004 9:13:58 AM PST by metalurgist (Death to the democrats!)
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To: Melas
Oh come on. Reagan's landslide victory was surely a mandate.

No, as much as I admire what President Reagan accomplished, his '84 landslide was an affirmation, not a mandate, because of the non-ideological themes of his reelection campaign. Reagan had a true mandate with less votes in 1980 than in 1984 because that campaign was ideological.

Landslides and mandates are not mutually exclusive, but they are two different animals, one arithmetic and the other ideological.

183 posted on 11/07/2004 9:14:58 AM PST by Fatalis (John Kyl in 2008)
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To: VaBthang4

Did you hear it too? Pres. Bush has no mandate, and furthermore, 55 is not 60 (senators). Gee I thought it was a majority. I guess he's counting on filibusters. Hope they derail his appointment to the committee. He's no Republican.


184 posted on 11/07/2004 9:16:13 AM PST by Graymatter
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To: metalurgist
I see a senator "Fast Eddie" Rendel in our future.

If Rendell has presidential aspirations, the governorship is a better platform from which to make the jump. I think he stays in Harrisburg for the time being. Plus, your motorcade can't drive 110MPH up I-95 every Sunday so you can be a panelist on Eagles Postgame...

185 posted on 11/07/2004 9:16:24 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: VaBthang4

Bush and Santorum(sp) made a huge mistake supporting this Specter nutcase. Write your senators and raise hell and make sure Specter does not get the judiciary chair.


186 posted on 11/07/2004 9:17:41 AM PST by yavapai
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To: VaBthang4
SPUK  FECTER!

187 posted on 11/07/2004 9:20:31 AM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: NittanyLion; Ogie Oglethorpe

Ping.


188 posted on 11/07/2004 9:20:43 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: onyx; plangent; VaBthang4
What's the Rat v GOP ratio of the Judiciary?

That depends on the Senate rules adopted for this Congress. Four years ago, Daschle forced through rules that would force a 50-50 split plus one vote for the majority. The new 55-45 split should create an opportunity to increase the number of Republicans on all committees. I'm sure the Republicans will force an even bigger number on the Judiciary Committee. I think that committee should have at least a 55-45 split plus 2 or 3.

189 posted on 11/07/2004 9:30:28 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: NittanyLion; metalurgist
As for Santorum in 2006, I think he wins again. If the Demos couldn't beat him with a Presidential election at the top of their ticket (2000), there's no way they get him in an off year.

Especially considering in 2000 he ran ahead of the President in PA.

190 posted on 11/07/2004 9:32:48 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: VaBthang4
He had to say that, otherwise he would have been called on THIS quote, from Nov. 3rd.:

President Bush’s margin of victory proves that we “have a narrowly divided country, and that’s not a traditional mandate…the number-one item on my agenda is to try to move the party to the center.” - Sen. Arlen Specter, November 3, 2004.

Specter has hung himself. He must NOT get the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee.BTW, just read on another thread that Judge Bork will be on Fox News later today.......paybacks a Hillary!. ;)

191 posted on 11/07/2004 9:40:28 AM PST by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: Malleus Dei
Specter has to be removed from Judiciary. He is a closet Leftist.

No he is not.

He is a in-your-face avowed leftist.

So are Snowe Job, Collins, and Chafee.

192 posted on 11/07/2004 9:41:45 AM PST by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (John Kerry--three fake Purple Hearts. George Bush--one real heart of gold.)
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To: MamaLucci

BUMP


193 posted on 11/07/2004 9:45:31 AM PST by GeneralHavoc (Want to Help Pat Toomey? Join Toomey Meetup!: http://www.toomeyforsenate.meetup.com/)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Good memory!
Yes, the proportions should be changed
to reflect the composition of the senate.


194 posted on 11/07/2004 9:50:01 AM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry is now the final casualty of the Vietnam War!)
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To: VaBthang4

Oh brother...maybe you can get this thread pulled too and destroy the evidence.


195 posted on 11/07/2004 9:55:48 AM PST by ApesForEvolution (Tag Line Conservationist Week)
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To: VaBthang4

DID YOU HEAR HIM THIS MORNING???? Sorry for caps...I am so angry...Arlen Sphincter needs to STFU/


196 posted on 11/07/2004 10:17:13 AM PST by Heff ("Liberty is not America's gift to the world, it's the Almighty's gift to humanity" GW Bush 4/12/04)
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To: metalurgist

I am not leaving Texas period lol.

I have lived other places and was born in Louisiana but consider Texas my home like George W. Bush does.
Brad


197 posted on 11/07/2004 11:13:10 AM PST by bradactor
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To: hansel

I think you're right, although deep down inside, I'd feel better with someone else heading that committee. However, maybe Specter has the ability to get it done, which others may not - the only question will be how his feet are going to be held to the fire once he's chairman of the committee.


198 posted on 11/07/2004 11:16:19 AM PST by livius
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To: don-o

I have a very special place in my heart for the good people of TN, you guys really saved us, big time!!!!


199 posted on 11/07/2004 3:22:00 PM PST by Bossy Gillis
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To: VaBthang4

Well, you can disagree whether a 3% margin in the vote constitutes a mandate. It's a win, but not a land slide. Remember service in the Senate is based on seniority and it's a system that none of the want to upset out of self interest. If I had to bet, I'd say that Arlen is safe.


200 posted on 11/07/2004 3:24:59 PM PST by winston61
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