7 GOP Senators Key in Filibuster Fight

AP ^ | AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND

[mlmr]

Maine has just lost the Kittery Shipyard, most of Brunswick NAS, and what is left of Limestone in the cuts.... Olympia and Susan! Wake up!

[Chu Gary]

"Frist, R-Tenn., has 45 of the Senate's 55 Republicans on his side. "

If I had my way on this, those Rhinos considering themselves too high minded to vote with their party would see their populace driving on gravel roads sometime soon after the Pres. cuts off their highway funding. Play the game the same way the Dims play it!

[votelife]

funny to see Maine getting hit hard with the base closings. perhaps Collins and Snowe will change their mind!

[FreeReign]

This much I can guarantee: if it comes down to Arlen's vote, he will vote against us. If Arlen determines for sure that hsi vote will not be decisive, he will make a big show of supporting the Party.

IMO, Arlen will vote with us.

4/22/05 | Post-Gazette National Bureau | Excerpt:"If a filibuster would leave an eight-person court, we could expect many 4-4 votes, since the court now often decides cases with 5-4 votes," Specter warned. "A Supreme Court tie vote would render the court dysfunctional -- leaving, in effect, the Circuit Court decision, with many splits among the circuits, so the rule of law would be suspended on many major issues."

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[JulieRNR21]

FREEPERS.......CALL the RINOs on Monday using this FREE number to the US Capitol:

1-877-762-8762

[strategofr]

" He's not a man of principle,"

You've got him wrong. The Judiciary Chair is a means to an end. His sole goal, I believe, is to block any Bork-like judge from being appointed.

Its what all the Dems want.

If the Repubs can get a Supreme Court that supports the Constitution, the whole Leftie/Dem project is at risk. Nothing is more important to them, I feel. And I think their priorities (assuming that their goal is to destroy America) are correct. This is the central issue. Specter is a soldier of the Left.

[scannell]

which Nelson?

[BillyBoy]

>> No, he most certainly did not. He frequently sided with the enviro-whackos. <<

During the Smith-Sununu primary, I could easily name over a DOZEN issues where Sununu voted the "wrong" way, whereas the ENTIRE "Smith is a an envirowacko charge" came solely because he voted the "wrong" way on ONE issue, namely, ANWR drilling in Alaska. If you can come up with ANY other issue where Smith VOTED the wrong way, feel free to tell me, since the Sununu fan club was unable to do so in the primary.

Incidentially, the same crowd ranting and raving about Smith stabbing Bush in the back will demand we vote for Linc Chaffee (who also, much more vocally, refused to endorse Bush for re-election). Their hypocracy knows no bounds. Sort of like how they say it's terrible for Tancredo to "backstab" Republicans in Congress by suggesting Delay temporarily step aside, but when Arnold runs denouncing Republican leaders for impeaching Clinton or calling people "right-wing crazies" for trying to pass racial privacy laws, that's their idea of "loyality"

[Republican Wildcat]

Incidentially, the same crowd ranting and raving about Smith stabbing Bush in the back will demand we vote for Linc Chaffee (who also, much more vocally, refused to endorse Bush for re-election). Their hypocracy knows no bounds.

Baloney. Try factual arguments, please.

[Always Right]

I see Snow, Collins, and Specter as lost causes. The best the GOP can do is a 50-50 tie.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

[EQAndyBuzz]

""All 44 Senate Democrats, joined by independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont and three Republicans, have said they oppose curtailing a Senate minority's ability to block the president's judicial nominees with just 41 votes in the 100-member Senate." "

Lieberman will break ranks with the Democrats. Look also to the last southern state senators to break ranks.

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks... Man where have I been?!

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks...

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks...

[ImpBill]

"The Republican party is a total joke."

You are right. And they have been for quite some time now.

I left the GOP years ago after a life full of voting, campaigning, and contributing for them.

I have continued voting for them as their candidates have been the only viable alternatives to Democrats.

The next step is to simply drop out of the system all together. I shudder to think that I would do so, but why vote for them if they, together with the Democrats, continue to use the Constitution as toilet paper.

This "test" will certainly be a signal as to whether the Republic will survive or not. In my humble opinion.

[itsahoot]

The arch traitor Warner has sold out the Republican party before.

Most notably when he scuttled Ollie North's senate race, along with the help of the Gipper's wife.

[itsahoot]

I'm surprised to see Sununu on this list.

Why? All the RINOs that Bush supported are stabbing him in the back. It is not like we didn't know where Spincter stood, but we gave him the Judiciary chair anyway.

The only reason the leader don't move for a little payback, is he could lose enough votes to be replaced.

[itsahoot]

Now weren't we told in 04 that we should support Specter because he is a Republican. Same goes for Collins and Murkowski. Alaska had a chance to elect a real conservative but they went with a RINO. And Sununu knocked off a real conservative and now we are questioning his loyalty. The Republican party is a total joke.

Now, now, nothing to be gained bringing up the past. Besides that there was a lot of support on this forum for these guys.</sarcasm>

[itsahoot]

Murkowski wants to be a Maverick loved by the MSM, but while I would keep an eye on her, I don't believe this is the battle she will try to make a name for herself on.

All you need to know about Lisa is, she is a fan of Pastor Barry Lynn and People for the American Way.( An Anti-Christian Anti-American organization if there ever was one)