From The Hill: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) will take over the ranking member position on the Senate Judiciary Committee after striking a deal with his more senior colleagues over the weekend, sources confirm to The Hill. Sessions and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reached the deal that will allow the Alabama Republican to take over for […]
With President Obama’s first pick for a Supreme Court justice looming, I am sitting here wondering if the GOP will try to block his pick. There is an interesting timing here. On the same week Arlen Specter switched parties, Souter announces his retirement. Specter was the ranking member of the judiciary committee and the friendliest […]
Hamilton County, Ohio GOP has redefined class. The people that help bring us gems like Jean Schmidt decided to use a picture of a bald Arlen Specter to compare him to Dr. Evil. The picture of Specter was taken at a time when he was fighting brain cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Here’s a screen shot: […]
I been reading through a lot of reactions to Arlen Specter’s party switch yesterday, and one quote stuck out at me: The Republican Party was founded as a party of individual rights and individual initiative. It led the fight to end slavery, give women the right to vote, expand national parks and break up corporate […]
Just now breaking on MSNBC that Arlen Specter is going to announce he is switching parties, which will give the Democrats that 60 vote margin. UPDATE: Chris Cillizza reports: Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according […]
It looks like Arlen Specter could end up being out of a job: Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter trails former Congressman Pat Toomey by 21 points in an early look at Pennsylvania’s 2010 Republican Primary. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters statewide say they’d vote for Toomey while just 30% would support Specter. If Toomey wins […]
Meghan McCain’s latest piece exemplifies the problems of the GOP that I have been talking about for years: It is no secret that the Republican Party, for all its faults, consistently displays party unity. But Democratic leaders seem more concerned with their own personal agendas than supporting President Obama and the future of their party. […]
Arlen Specter’s office has announced his cancer has returned. I want to take a minute to wish him well. Specter is one Republican I like a lot, and hope he pulls through as good as he has in the past.
Today is becoming D-Day for Gonzales. The HIll is reporting that a “bombshell” is supposed to be released by the administration today regarding Gonzales: The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, Arlen Specter (Pa.), emerged from a crucial Monday briefing and gave the Bush administration 18 hours to resolve the controversy over apparent contradictions in Attorney […]
Hear are some highlights from around the blogosphere regarding today’s Gonzo hearings. Arlen Specter is now proposing a special prosecutor to investigate the entire attorney gate scandal, including possible contempt charges from the House. TPM also picks up on hints being dropped at perjury charges against Gonzales. This is big considering he is our top […]