[mwl1]

It's perfectly fine to keep the heat on Specter, Frist, the entire GOP caucus.

Moves to deny Senator Specter his chairmanship, however, IMHO are doomed to failure. The caucus won't break precedent. If they do it once, every one of them becomes at risk for any single vote that the others don't like.

The Senate doesn't work that way, folks.

Additionally, we have not even begun to dialogue on the constitutional role of checks and balances between the Executive and Legislative branches. George Bush does not run the Judiciary Committee. There are institutional, historical, and constitutional roles and responsibilities between the two branches.

[Always Right]

Moves to deny Senator Specter his chairmanship, however, IMHO are doomed to failure. The caucus won't break precedent. If they do it once, every one of them becomes at risk for any single vote that the others don't like. The Senate doesn't work that way, folks.

Well, maybe, maybe not. I think we have a real chance to succeed. However, even if we should fail, Specter will be forced to make so many promises to other Senators to get this Chairman position. Specter may not make good on those promises, but it will make it harder on him to stab so many of his colleagues in the back.

[myself6]

Its only "doomed to failure" if we quit. If they hear enough outrage from us they will get the message.

We elected BUSH president along with his agenda and picks for the courts. We did NOT elect sphincter to chair the judiciary committee to BLOCK the president from his agenda. The senator from PA does NOT have a mandate, the president DOES!