During the days when we were urging the Republicans not to allow Specter to be chair of the Judiciary Committee, I observed that as time passed, Specter would be in a stronger and stronger position, and Bush would get weaker and weaker as he neared the end of his term. If Specter made trouble, it would only make Bush look bad, since he and Rove were responsible for putting him there. Bush would have little leverage if Specter decided to be ungrateful.
Other Freepers said that of course Bush would still control Specter.
So, which is it? Specter owes Bush a very large debt, for helping him win the primary and gain the chairmanship. Will Bush call in this debt? Can he?
I think we can see the answer, right here. Specter is giving the Democrats two extra months to gear up their propaganda campaign, which they've obviously been having a hard time with so far. Two months will make a big difference. Plenty of time for planning, for priming false witnesses, for synchronizing who publishes what among the MSM big guys.
That's my take on it - Specter's trying to kill the nomination without getting his fingerprints all over the attempt. I don't think he'll be able to kill it that easily, though.