Specter Adding Wife Of Dem Player Joseph Torsella, To Judiciary Staff

The Legal Intelligencer ^ | January 14, 2005 | unknown-The Legal Intelligencer

[smokeyb]

Carolyn Short, one of the chief litigators in Reed Smith's Philadelphia office for more than a decade, has left the firm to become general counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, which is now chaired by Arlen Specter, R-Pa.

Short resigned last Tuesday from Reed Smith, her professional home for the past 16 years, and was sworn in Thursday. Short said she only views it as a temporary position, being that she and her husband, former U.S. Constitutional Center executive director and Democratic congressional candidate Joseph Torsella, live with their four children in Flourtown.

She said her chief motivation for accepting the position and giving up what is believed to be a seven-figure book of business was the chance to work with Specter. She said the senior senator from Pennsylvania called her shortly after he was named chairman of the Judiciary Committee. "I don't think I would be doing this if it wasn't for [Specter]," Short said. "He's a brilliant lawyer in his own right and we come from similar backgrounds. We both were DAs who worked in private practice. "But how could any lawyer say no to an opportunity like this? It's an important time for the judiciary, and I'm really looking forward to it."

[glock rocks]

Lovely.

[monkeywrench]

He's giving us the finger.

[seppel]

Specter is such a useless Republican. Ann Coulter wrote about him 6 months ago: DONKEY TRAPPED IN ELEPHANT'S BODY That guy has damaged the GOP enormously.

[keving]

Well since Spector was elected with no help from any one, he can surely appoint a democrat to "his" committee. I'm sure she was helping to elect George Bush and other republicans.

[wk4bush2004]

He's bringing a (likely liberal) Democrat onto the SJC? What a traitor!

[CindyDawg]

Can he be recalled?

[wk4bush2004]

Of course, he's a RINO.

[Tench_Coxe]

Specter had the best chance of winning......and promised to behave in the chairmanship......

[Republican Wildcat]

This is getting worse than I could have imagined. He's going to probably drag Santorum down with him. Obviously he thinks of nothing but his own personal ambition.

[mikeus_maximus]

And so it begins.

Frist-- we will NOT forget.

[freedom4me]

Is there anything that can be done now?

Can Specter be "de-frocked" and stripped of his chairmanship?

If so, the Pubs better make it snappy and pull the rug out from under Arlen.

[seppel]

humbly, what's a RINO?

[deport]

Spectracide

[Founding Father]

Thank you for reelecting this worthless #*%^ Mr President and Sen. Santorum--he couldn't have done it without ye.

[KarlInOhio]

RINO = Republican in name only

[seppel]

thanks.

[yooper]

It wouldn't surprise me if Arlen Specter hired Ted Kennedy to be his chauffer.

[The Teen Conservative]

humbly, what's a RINO?

Republican In Name Only.

[rottndog]

RINO = B U S H