[Txsleuth]

The senator that Bush directly helped the MOST, IMHO, was Arlen Specter and he is the one that is stabbing Bush the most!!! well, no that is an exaggeration--MCCain is, but, Specter isn't helping Bush!

[longtermmemmory]

I saw an image of specter.

He is very sick, he has lost all his hair.

I do not like him at all, (he should have been pulled off the judiciary) but the soundbite seemed to imply he was for the nuclear option. Anybody?

[InterceptPoint]

Specter is just being Specter. In the end he will do what Frist tells him to do because of the promise he had to make to get the Judiciary Chair. Frist needed his vote and made the trade. That made a lot of people on this forum very unhappy but I happen to think it had to be done. With guys and gals like McPain, Snowe, Chaffee and Hagel on your side a five vote margin looks pretty weak.

McPain, OTOH, is truly evil. He would like nothing better than to hand Bush another defeat as partial (it never ends) payment on the debt he owes McPain for defeating him in the 2000 primaries. That will never be forgiven by the evil one from Arizona. If he were President ... I don't even want to think about it. It would just be 8 more years of Dem rule.

[Dolphy]

Is his name currently on the list of 5 or 6 that won't support the constitutional option? I don't have a solid handle on who is on the list now. McCain, Chafee, Snowe, Collins, Warner...

You're right about Specter though...but somehow I expect from him what we are getting so far. When and if he votes against the option, I will consider it backstabbing.