Thank you, Senator Specter. Thank you very much.
Worried about the possible nominee to fill Souter’s two left shoes? You should be.
But there WILL be entertainment beforehand.
Does Arlen Specter’s defection from R to D strengthen the President’s hand in Congress? Perhaps overall but not on judicial appointments because breaking (the equivalent of) a filibuster in the Senate Judiciary Committee requires the consent of at least one member of the minority. Before today, Specter was likely to be that one Republican.
Here is a list of Judiciary Committee members (yes, I know that it still has Specter listed as a Republican). Anyone want to do dollar bets on who will fold. Or maybe on bet line on if the Repubs will hold?
How about one on which leftosphere head pops first?
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