[papertyger]

Rep Pete Sessions has a 98 lifetime ACU Rating.

Santorum had an 88, but that didn't stop him from backing Specter with a 45!

So what persuades a supposed rock ribbed conservative to support a flaming liberal?

It ain't principles...

[pookie18]

Santorum (& Pres. Bush) backed Specter because he was a serving senator (& from Rick's home state). Sessions can't be doing it for senatorial/congressional courtesy, etc.

[You Dirty Rats]

Santorum had an 88, but that didn't stop him from backing Specter with a 45! So what persuades a supposed rock ribbed conservative to support a flaming liberal?

That "flaming liberal" did get Alito and Roberts and Janice Rogers Brown and lots of others through the Committee and he supported them all. He's no conservative, of course, but he came through when we needed him. He also saved the Thomas nomination. (I'm still upset that he ruined Bork).

Comparing guys like Arlen and Giuliani to REAL flaming liberals just makes one look silly. Fortunately, politicians like Pete Sessions are astute enough to see the difference.

[zbigreddogz]

It depends on if your principles actually require you to take action, or just talk.

If you principles dictate you actually do something as opposed to just make noise, then yes, it could be principle.