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Specter's Challenge

By TChris, Section Judiciary
Posted on Sat Jul 02, 2005 at 11:13:26 PM EST
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by TChris

Poor Arlen.

Perhaps more than any other senator, Mr. Specter will be the pivotal figure as he tries to manage his bitterly divided committee, his own uneasy relationship with the White House and the intense pressure that is already bearing down on him from both the left and right at a time when both sides are deeply suspicious of him.

Senator Specter (the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee) fears the power of his party's right wing, but he knows his constituents don't want him to support an extreme nominee. Hoping to avert an ugly battle before his committee, Specter has asked the president to meet with a Senate team of Democrats and Republicans--Frist, Reid, Leahy, and Specter--to work toward a consensus nominee. That notion enjoys wide support, but seeking a consensus hasn't been the president's management style.

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    Specter's Challenge | 3 comments (3 topical)
    Re: Specter's Challenge (none / 0) (#1)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:00:49 PM EST
    Whaddaya mean, not his style? He says he's a uniter, not a divider - and in this age of bumper sticker patriots, we know that words speak louder than actions.

    Re: Specter's Challenge (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:00:49 PM EST
    A consensus nominee is the last thing we will see from this administration, IMO. With the admins. current poll numbers they are desperate for red meat like this to throw to the far right zealots.

    Re: Specter's Challenge (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:00:49 PM EST
    Progressives are in trouble when they are hoping for help from Arlen Specter. The ironic justice is that Arlen will be demonized by people to his right and from his own party. At some point, moderate republicans will have to consider standing up to the neocons. I think the guys and gals on Capital Hill are scared since the Wellstone family met with their accident.

    Specter's Challenge | 3 comments (3 topical)