[TonyInOhio]

Folks, you may as well get ready to deal with a fact: if Arlen Specter does not approve of a prospective nominee, that nominee will not be brought forward.

That wasn't much of a problem with the Roberts nomination, and it need not be a problem with the next nominee, either.

[gondramB]

" That wasn't much of a problem with the Roberts nomination, and it need not be a problem with the next nominee, either"

Roberts credentials plus a lack of paper trail that made him hard to oppose but also hard to duplicate.

[Mayflower Sister]

And we still don't know how conservative Roberts is, do we?