[DAC21]

Sanest thing he has said in years

[Crazieman]

Stopped clock and all that.

[kbennkc]

What has gotten into Arlen ? This makes great sense . I might take back some of the things I have said about him .

[bmwcyle]

Fix the vote, blame the people, Acorn gets their money and Congress is not to blame. I still smell a rat.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I thought Rush said yesterday that they were “obliged” to do this under some thing Clinton came up with.

[pgkdan]

I might have a heart attack...I finally agree with Scottish Law Arlen.

[John W]

Someone posted a column by Newt Gingrich earlier today wherein he called for this. Not sure who was first.

[ABQHispConservative]

I could be reading too much into this, but wouldn’t this imply that the moderate wing of the Republican Senate has decided to cast their vote with McCain and thus the House Republicans.

I hope this means that either we (conservatives) get what we want (knock on wood) or the Rats will have to sink with a very unpopular bill.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Great. I’m shocked.

[MamaLucci]

I pass on, for your consideration, an idea proposed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich who suggests that the final proposal be put on the internet for 24 hours. Speaker Gingrich suggests, and I concur, that such a proposal would be read by thousands if not millions of people who could then inform the Congress of provisions which are so often slipped into legislation unbeknownst to the members and further give us appraisals of unintended consequences.

This is a brilliant idea by Newt, and I'm pleasantly surprised that Specter is on board with it.

[Carley]

AWESOME

[peridot]

I’m pretty sure I heard Obama say this last week. His administration would put stuff on the web for 48 hours. They can put it up but most voters won’t be able to dissect and digest it, with all the government double speak. Maybe if they keep it at three pages. Personally, I can’t see this happening, but it should.

[SandRat]

Dems Theft is doomed cause company's coming!

[tropical]

Well I’ll be d*mned...

[linn37]

Good idea. I heard on Fox earlier theres no way to undo the acorn money. I call Bullchit on that!

[Bernard]

This is a great idea, and shoul dbe rwquired for all legislation at the federal level. It could eliminate all those expensive staffers, since anybody in the pajama media could find “the skunk in the woodpile” and bring it to public attention.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH:...Now, in regard to this bill coming out, the Senate version of the bill coming out, a lot of you are already calling and e-mailing members of Congress and the Senate. There is a system in place that was started during the Clinton years, whereas all legislation that has been passed by the House gets posted on the Internet so anybody and everybody can read it prior to the president signing it. It's called the Thomas System. This obligation needs to be hammered. This rescue plan, when it finally is hammered out, the Senate bill, House bill, and then when they get their conference committee version of it, this legislation must be on the Thomas System, it must be on the Internet so that everybody can analyze it before voting. If the pressure can be brought to put that bill -- for example, if it's clearly stated in the bill that 20% of this bill is going to ACORN, people need to be able to see that, people need to be able to see it on the Internet and blow up over it. They are obliged to do this already.

My guess is that because of the urgency and that time is of the essence that they might try to forgo it because they don't want anybody to know. So this means to be hammered, that this legislation needs to be put up on the Internet on the Thomas System so that everybody can analyze it before voting. (cont.)

Why Don't Democrats Just Push This Bill Through Themselves?

[dragnet2]

Arlen Specter wants Bailout Proposal Put on the Internet 24 hrs Before Any Voting

I rather see it put up to a vote of the people, rather than trust those that were directly involved in creating this disaster.

[xDGx]

Arlen is bought and paid for by the same folks who brought us the mess.

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001604&cycle=2008

Top 5 Contributors, 2003-2008
Blank Rome LLP $232,950
Comcast Corp $108,100
Goldman Sachs $99,100
UPMC Health System $95,750
Kline & Specter $88,350

Top 5 Industries, 2003-2008
Lawyers/Law Firms $2,449,480
Securities & Investment $897,699
Retired $836,445
Real Estate $776,116
Health Professionals $709,050

Career Contributor Total
Blank Rome LLP $395,933
Comcast Corp $161,600
Goldman Sachs $161,350
Amgen Inc $149,499
MBNA Corp $137,500
Kline & Specter $112,100
Wolf, Block et al $111,840
Dechert, Price & Rhoads $105,075
UPMC Health System $102,700
University of Pennsylvania $96,200
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney $86,500
K&L Gates $86,066
Federated Investors Inc $82,400
Reed Smith LLP $78,150
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius $75,450
Air Products & Chemicals Inc $74,350
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $72,610
Wyeth $71,080
Berger & Montague $69,850
Verizon Communications $68,800

Top Metro Areas
PITTSBURGH $3,100,098
NEW YORK $2,359,416
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV $2,024,233
SCRANTON—WILKES-BARRE—HAZLETON $928,060
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE $820,897
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON $751,937
LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH $672,130
CHICAGO $498,455
WEST PALM BEACH-BOCA RATON $372,475

Lots of out of town money for a Senator who is SUPPOSED to be representing Pennsylvania.

This is nothing but a ploy by Specter to appear open. 24 hours on the net means nothing, especially when they take their phones off the hook in Washington, as they did during the immigration amnesty attempts.

[SE Mom]

Get out! Areln SPECTER?!?!

Color me shocked.