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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 08:09 PM
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SPECTER TO VOTE FOR HOLDER
Source: msnbc

Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Republican who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today he'll support Eric Holder when the committee votes on the nomination Wednesday.

Committee Republicans had asked to have the vote delayed a week to further examine Holder's record and to seek written answers to other questions. Sen. Specter himself appeared highly skeptical during a confirmation hearing earlier this month.

But Specter said, despite what he views as Holder's mistakes in handling pardons and other issues, Holder "is entitled to the benefit of the doubt in the context of his excellent record." Specter said he was also impressed by enthusiastic endorsements from Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, and from James Comey, a former deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush.

Specter said he believes Holder will receive "significant" Republican backing but declined to predict the outcome. With the new Senate composition, the Judiciary Committee is now 11 Democrats and eight Republicans. It was was a 10-9 Democratic majority in the last Congress.



Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/27/17634...


Maybe now we can get the show on the road.
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   As a Specter constituent, I'm tempted to reverse my policy of not resorting to obscenity in writing.  enough   Jan-27-09 08:14 PM   #1 
   I gave up posting obscenities on Inauguration Day.  Betsy Ross   Jan-27-09 09:00 PM   #9 
      Give up posting obscenities?  FatDave   Jan-28-09 05:16 PM   #16 
   Specter is up for re-election in 2010  BumRushDaShow   Jan-27-09 08:25 PM   #2 
   I'm glad to see Holder will go through pretty easily.  Zynx   Jan-27-09 08:26 PM   #3 
   Even if Holder makes it, I'll hold off on cheering too loudly until the Justice Department  salguine   Jan-27-09 08:29 PM   #4 
   He can start by getting Rove to that Committee!  annabanana   Jan-27-09 08:36 PM   #6 
   I wonder if our e-mails and calls  Politicalboi   Jan-27-09 08:33 PM   #5 
   Even though I am quite glad . . .  scytherius   Jan-27-09 08:36 PM   #7 
   ONEHANDLE NOT IMPRESSED  onehandle   Jan-27-09 08:39 PM   #8 
   With Spectre, I would require that promise be in writing, in his blood, sworn over a bible,  zbdent   Jan-27-09 09:02 PM   #10 
   I'd like to know the back door deal  Still Sensible   Jan-27-09 09:11 PM   #11 
   man. to be a fly on the wall!! nt  mopinko   Jan-27-09 09:18 PM   #12 
   maybe all of our calls got to him.  bdamomma   Jan-27-09 09:21 PM   #13 
   I called five or six of his offices. Also, Holder showed what  s-cubed   Jan-27-09 09:46 PM   #14 
   For the full senate vote (after committee), is it simple majority?  jtrockville   Jan-27-09 11:52 PM   #15 
 
enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:14 PM
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1. As a Specter constituent, I'm tempted to reverse my policy of not resorting to obscenity in writing.
But I will restrain myself yet again.

Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that his office phone has been busy/unreachable for the past week or so. Maybe he got the message, one more time. Finger in the wind, Arlen.
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Betsy Ross Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 09:00 PM
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9. I gave up posting obscenities on Inauguration Day.
Seems that when * administration is mentioned on the news, it's actually good news (enforcement of subpoenas, possible war crimes trials) so I have much less reason to swear.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jan-28-09 05:16 PM
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16. Give up posting obscenities?
Forget that.

(Disclaimer: This post was meant to be humorous, even if the humor is too subtle for you to understand. I will make it up to you later by posting a video of somebody being punched in the crotch.)

(Disclaimer disclaimer: The above disclaimer was directed at DU readers in general, and not at Betsy Ross.)
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:25 PM
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2. Specter is up for re-election in 2010
and the only way he can win is if (Democratic) Philadelphia votes for him (again).
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:26 PM
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3. I'm glad to see Holder will go through pretty easily.
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salguine (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:29 PM
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4. Even if Holder makes it, I'll hold off on cheering too loudly until the Justice Department
moves on prosecutions of Bush, Cheney, Rummy et. al. for war crimes.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 08:36 PM
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6. He can start by getting Rove to that Committee!
Don't let the turd ignore another subpoena.
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:33 PM
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5. I wonder if our e-mails and calls
Made him change his mind. And to talk about Holder's mistakes when Specter was the Magic Bullet nut and helped in the 9/11 commission to not find blame.
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scytherius (529 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:36 PM
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7. Even though I am quite glad . . .
Edited on Tue Jan-27-09 09:11 PM by scytherius
Specter ALWAYS does this. He makes noise like he is going to take a stand, and then finds a reason not to do so. He's more spineless than Harry Reid. However, I am glad it worked in our favor this time.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 08:39 PM
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8. ONEHANDLE NOT IMPRESSED
I sincerely tire of Specter. I hope PA does as well.
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-27-09 09:02 PM
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10. With Spectre, I would require that promise be in writing, in his blood, sworn over a bible,
notarized by John Roberts, and signed in front of several ordained priests as witnesses ... and then I'd be wary that he would vote FOR Holder ...

Spectre has a history ...
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Still Sensible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 09:11 PM
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11. I'd like to know the back door deal
that somebody made with him. Ya think?
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 09:18 PM
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12. man. to be a fly on the wall!! nt
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 09:21 PM
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13. maybe all of our calls got to him.
he can kiss his seat away too, I hope his constituents are taking note.
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s-cubed Donating Member (789 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jan-27-09 09:46 PM
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14. I called five or six of his offices. Also, Holder showed what
a bully Specter is when Eric pushed back hard, telling Specter he was coming very close to questioning Holder's integrity, not just his judgment. Was beautiful to her Arlen back away!
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15. For the full senate vote (after committee), is it simple majority?
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