Comments on: Arlen Specter Quietly Opens Fire on Eric Holder

By: mbecker908

mbecker908 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:27:41 +0000

The Democrats are:
Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, D-Vermont
Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., D-Delaware
Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, D-California
Russell D. Feingold, D-Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, D-New York
Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois
Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Maryland
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island

To a person I think the Democrats on the Judiciary can best be summed up as follows:

The Republicans are…
Arlen Specter, Ranking Member, R-Pennsylvania
In general, can’t be counted on to fight across the board against judicial nominees, but can probably be counted on to make BO’s AG designate’s life miserable.

Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
See Specter. Hatch has been in the Senate too long and counts the Dems as “his friends”.

Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa
The only thing Grassley fights for is farm pork.

Jon Kyl, R-Arizona
Arizona’s only Senator can be counted on to fight for conservative values. I don’t know that he’s up to parliamentary maneuvering that will likely be required over the next four/eight years.
Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama

Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
A shameful piece of crap.

John Cornyn, R-Texas
See Kyl.

Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
Who on God’s earth can figure out Sam. Leon is in a better position to comment with some authority on Sam. Personally, I don’t trust the guy as far as I could throw him.

Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma
A 10. And probably IS up to the maneuvering.

By: 1SGinTN

1SGinTN — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:18:49 +0000

But you probably know the answer. Who are the R’s on the Judiciary Committee?

By: mbecker908

mbecker908 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:00:53 +0000

Specter will probably go after him. Not so sure about the other so-called Republicans on the Judiciary.

It’ll be interesting to see what McCain has to say about him (I know he’s not on Judiciary).

By: 1SGinTN

1SGinTN — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:41:31 +0000

for blasting a lot of lefty past performance. I hope “Borked” comes to be replaced by “Holdered”.

By: Kudzu

Kudzu — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:29:18 +0000

By magically pulling a story about Arlen Spectator having any set of manhood left after the judge fight

By: Mark Malcolm

Mark Malcolm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:02:04 +0000

and we fall for it like an abused house wife. They vote moderate for the first few years, then realize, ‘oh, yeah, I need those guys to vote me back in here’ and we once again get treated like we are allowed to sit at the grown up table……until he gets reelected again and then we need to be shoved in a back room and taken care of, a la the bailout bill et al. Damn, I needed some punctuation in that sentence….

By: Mark Malcolm

Mark Malcolm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:59:13 +0000

any bodily fluid from your child ever again because most of them have ended up on you, in your food, or all over skin.

have you had to change your work clothes yet because you wanted to hold the baby, ‘just one more time’ before leaving in the morning?

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Specter Specter Specter | PAWaterCooler.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:46:21 +0000

[...] Erickson gets a copy of a letter Senator Specter sent to Mr Cantor. The letter shows that “committee staff reviewed [Holder's] questionnaire responses and noted a [...]

By: IJB

IJB — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:53:59 +0000

Spccter’s another one of those guys that’s better, and more effective, when he’s in the Minority, at least on the Judiciary Committee.

When he’s in the Majority, his “bipartisan” tendencies tend to come out, and that’s where things tend to go wrong.

But when he’s in the Minority, Specter has almost no incentive to “play nice”, and this is when he’s at his best.

I expect Specter to continue to cut Leahy & co. to ribbons as long as the Dems are running the show.

Should be fun!

By: RetNAV

RetNAV — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:23:19 +0000

working on Gang of 11 (with Lindsey Graham) to shepherd Obama Cabinet nominees through Senate with minimum delay, in an attempt to show bipartisan support for new President.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:57:27 +0000

EPU, I never got past “second, the dry heaves” followed by a healthy swallow of Canadian Mist to wash the smell and thought away.

By: janis

janis — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:41:06 +0000

voice for the GOP than McCain is. (That dead white cat really comes in handy. It’s a very versatile moribund animal.)

By: Jaded

Jaded — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:32:51 +0000

Do not pay any attention to what your Senator does in his last 2-3 years pay attention to what he does in the first 3-4 because that is his true character!

These sleazes will always come back to their base on votes and action in the last 2-3 years…if he ain’t conservative 6 full years he ain’t your kind of Senator!

By: Finrod

Finrod — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:22:01 +0000

If only we could light the same fire under the other Senate RINOs that we’ve lit under Arlen. Arlen Specter is now a more reliable voice for the GOP than John McCain is.

By: WO’s Daily Roundup | Without Objection

WO’s Daily Roundup | Without Objection — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:21:26 +0000

[...] *Erik Erikson: Specter quietly opens fire on Holder (RedState) [...]

By: E Pluribus Unum

E Pluribus Unum — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:04:28 +0000

First, you learn to change diapers, nose hairs curling at the reek.

Second, you learn to change diapers, and it doesn’t bother you like it used to.

Next think you know, you are mainlining baby formula .

By: Diogenes314

Diogenes314 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:02:57 +0000

…is where I’d prefer to keep Arlen. If it keeps him acting like an actual Republican and looking out for the nation’s welfare to save his political future, excellent. If not, drop the hammer.

But this is a good sign. Another problem with Holder is his obsession with profiling and how it could effect the illegal immigration issue.

By: Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:59:50 +0000

Poof.

By: scottbomb

scottbomb — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:57:28 +0000

Running for the hills every time some plays the race card is getting old. If I’m not mistaken, that’s the same reason why nothing was done about the Freddie/Fannie robbery years ago when the Republicans were in charge.

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:52:57 +0000

Sorry couldn’t resist.