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Frankly, I'd like to hear Bush apologize for his support of Spector just as much as I would like to hear Kerry apologize to the Viet Nam vets for calling them war criminals.

I am overwhelming you with 'joanie responses' tonight, but this one requires a huge STANDING OVATION.

{on my feet ... applauding uncontrollably!!!!}

What about if Specter is left on the Committee, but just not given the Chairmanship due to "it's best for the party"?

Of course I think Specter should be sent to a different committee.

But since the question of strategy has come up....apparently there is some problem with Specter not being on this committee (??)

I found you some more ammo this morning in this excellent National Review article The Awful Specter of Yet Another Term:

...In 2001, for instance, Specter was in his usual form, helping slash the Bush administration's tax cuts by $250 billion....
...He is an abortion-rights absolutist, a dogged advocate of racial preferences, a bitter foe of tort reform, a firm friend of the International Criminal Court...
Citizens Against Government Waste recently listed Specter in its "Pig Book" as one of the Senate's most profligate spenders...
In 1995, Specter briefly ran for president and pursued the unique strategy of attacking the base of his own party: His announcement speech lobbed a grenade at "the intolerant Right." After pressing this theme for several months, one poll showed him attracting support from a grand total of 1 percent of Republicans. The senator's lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union is 42 percent (Pat Toomey's is 97).
In July, Specter disappointed conservatives yet again when he blocked a school-choice proposal that would have granted vouchers to 2,000 poor students in the District of Columbia. Prominent Democrats, including D.C. mayor Anthony Williams and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, support the plan. So did Specter six years ago, when he voted in favor of a similar measure. "I've regretted it ever since," he now says. "I believe school choice violates the separation of church and state. It's unconstitutional." But didn't the Supreme Court rule otherwise last year? "It was a 5-4 decision. The court may change its mind." Specter's own children attended private school in Philadelphia. "They didn't have access to a good public school," he explains. So what would he say to a mother in D.C. who insists that her kids don't have access to a good public school either? "There are charter schools available. I've led the way to improve the quality of education in America."

I also found this: stopspecter