Reply #55: Hi Sharon. I haven't read upthread yet. I've been finding that I can't

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post and read in real time on my new lappy-toppy without losing concentration on the crucial first fifteen to twenty minutes of the broadcast.

Spector certainly has to be pissed that Mr. 'two-terms mandate' Bush and his henchmen strong armed him right after the election last year and threatened to take the judiciary chairmanship away from him. He had dared to mention that the President had to be mindfull of what the people who 'elected' him wanted in a Supreme Court nominee and then they took him out to the woodshed and humiliated him into repudiating his own statement. That, coupled with the wingnut's position on no stem cell research has got to have Arlen plenty pissed. Still, I wonder if he realizes that the citizens of Pennsylvania expect him to be a moderate Republican, otherwise they can just as easily get themselves a Dem (without Diebold of course). Let's hope he does, because he has the power to put the kabosh on this nominee and to encourage one more sane Republican on Judiciary to do so too. I think Dems must definitely stear away from the Roe arguement and boldly point out the 'signing statement', strip search of minors, rascist descisions, and executive overreach positions that Alito has taken. This is one scary nominee.