Posted on 02/08/2012 12:20:41 PM PST by Lazlo in PA
Santorum did explain his support of Spector.
1. He said the Bush admin asked him to to keep getting their judicial nominees through.
2. He said he owed Specter for support Specter had given him.
I agree with him on #1. Specter was the lead Republican on get judges confirmed. On #2, I see it, I understand it, but I’m not thrilled about it. What it boils down to is that Santorum can play the role of loyal team player.
But, if that’s the worst that he’s done, then so what.
XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 105th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Nomination (Nomination: Sonia Sotomayor to be U.S.Circuit Judge, 2nd Circuit )
Vote Number:
295
Vote Date:
October 2, 1998, 10:35 AM
Required For Majority:
1/2
Vote Result:
Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number:
PN402
Nomination Description:
Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
Vote Counts:
YEAs
67
NAYs
29
Not Voting
4
Vote Summary
By Senator Name
By Vote Position
By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Abraham (R-MI), Nay
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Ashcroft (R-MO), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Not Voting
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Breaux (D-LA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bryan (D-NV), Yea
Bumpers (D-AR), Yea
Burns (R-MT), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Campbell (R-CO), Yea
Chafee (R-RI), Yea
Cleland (D-GA), Yea
Coats (R-IN), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coverdell (R-GA), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay
D’Amato (R-NY), Yea
Daschle (D-SD), Yea
DeWine (R-OH), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Faircloth (R-NC), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Ford (D-KY), Yea
Frist (R-TN), Yea
Glenn (D-OH), Not Voting
Gorton (R-WA), Nay
Graham (D-FL), Yea
Gramm (R-TX), Nay
Grams (R-MN), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Helms (R-NC), Yea
Hollings (D-SC), Not Voting
Hutchinson (R-AR), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Jeffords (R-VT), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kempthorne (R-ID), Nay
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerrey (D-NE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Mack (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Not Voting
Moynihan (D-NY), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nickles (R-OK), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Robb (D-VA), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Roth (R-DE), Yea
Santorum (R-PA), Yea
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-NH), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Thomas (R-WY), Nay
Thompson (R-TN), Nay
Thurmond (R-SC), Nay
Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Wellstone (D-MN), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Vote Summary
By Senator Name
By Vote Position
By Home State
I'm not sure about it; even if "he's a kook*" I think a Paul Presidency would be quite interesting... even if all he did was work on the Federal Reserve.
(But I think he'd make some good strides against the War on Rights... um, I mean Drugs, as well.)
* Besides, that's what the confirmation process is about; to allow Congress to make sure (the possibility exists) for some tempering personalities to be on the President's high-staff.
Or so long as the sun doesn't rise in the East.
Another important and very critical issue today concerns UNIONS. Santorum opposed the National Right to Work and voted against it. He supports govt regulation of wages too.
Agreed...unions are killing this country, however illegals and global warming regulation will do us in too.
I’ve finally come to realize that people like Rove and other GOP pundits are so against the Conservatives, the Tea Party ideas, and just about anything that has to do with good governance. They are for their candidates that will protect and extend the power of the establishment.
The problem is that so are most of our elected Republican Congressmen (Statists, looking for power and money). That does seem to leave us - the voter, out of the picture just a bit.
I also enjoy watching the GOP establishment squirm when their plans do not go as they assume. Maybe one day, we can actually continue and destroy this high-class group of news controllers. The facts continue to come out via the internet - at least until they control that also...
Sometimes I think that we are no better off than Russia when it comes to elections. We have just as much corruption during the vote along with stupidity at the ballot box.
magritte, the states were moving their primarys up and threatened with a loss of delegates. The RNC and state republicans tried to keep the election in March and Gov Nixon vetoed it! this inane election cost the state 7 MILLION in taxpayer money. Virginia changed some rules this year too and made it difficult for Santorum, Newt and Perry to get on the ballot. Newt will be on the March ballot. It was not a slam or intent to “diss” MO. The RNC, state Republican party need to get their shit together.
After states scrambled to move near the front of the presidential contest in 2008, the national Republican party warned that states jumping to the front in 2012 would lose half their delegates. Missouri tried to comply. The Republican-led Legislature last year passed a bill that would have repealed a 2002 law requiring the presidential primary to be held Feb.7 and instead scheduled it for March 6. But Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed the bill, citing objections to unrelated sections.
Believe it or not, things got even stranger.
Nixon added the presidential primary to the agenda for an autumn special session, and the state Republican Party urged lawmakers to reschedule the February vote for later. But Republican senators squabbled among themselves. Some insisted Missouri should stand fast and thumb its nose at the national party directive. Ultimately, nothing passed.
“He said that Santorum was the guy with no skeletons.”
NO, He said that he has the least skeletons..big difference!
and Santorum’s record on immigration is not exactly the best either...Immigration
Voted against increasing the number of immigration investigators.
Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens.
Voted to give SSI benefits to legal aliens.
Voted to give welfare benefits to naturalized citizens without regard to the earnings of their sponsors.
Voted against hiring an additional 1,000 border partrol agents, paid for by reductions in state grants.
>>I have no beef with Rick on the issues. He is probably the closest candidate to my own views. I just don’t think he can win. For all his faults, I think Newt is more electable.
That says it for me. Newt is the only one who has a history of being able to challenge and go around the media. This is a key ability that I just don’t see from Romney or Santorum.
Vote principle - anything else is just buying time until America goes the way of Europe.
Amen! That is the only time that I love to watch FOX when he is on...
Yes, and you can see just how well that turned out.
True, Romney is so much better at it!
We have just as much corruption during the vote along with stupidity at the ballot box.
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Ain’t that the truth.
Since you’re a Gingrich supporter, I understand your rationalizing why he didn’t bother to make the effort in MO. Here’s what originally was said about Missouri from the Gingrich campaign. Note, the original reason was he didn’t want to waste the money.
(NEWSER) – Newt Gingrich is riding high in the polls but you won’t find his name on the ballot for Missouri’s Republican primary in February. Gingrich, unlike the other seven leading GOP candidates and three lesser-known ones, didn’t file the necessary paperwork by this week’s deadline. Convention delegates aren’t won in the Feb. 7 primary—those are chosen by caucuses in March—but Missouri’s primary is the only one in the country between Jan. 31 and Feb. 28 and can help candidates maintain momentum, the Los Angeles Times notes.
A campaign spokesman says the omission was deliberate, claiming the campaign decided not to spend the $1,000 filing fee to take part in a non-binding contest. “We do elections where you can actually win delegates, we don’t participate in beauty contests,” he said. Asked why all Gingrich’s rivals are taking part in the contest, he responded, “That’s what happens when you pay lawyers by the hour, they’ll get you on the ballot anywhere, even the ones you’re not supposed to be.”
http://www.newser.com/story/133995/newt-gingrich-wont-be-on-missouri-primary-ballot.html
Hey, didn’t we try that electable issue last time? Is it not time to try principle and see if we can actually win with that? If not, it’s just another loss but for principle this time.
Following too many political pundits... It does not matter how long they have held political office (if any), it is what they have voted for and against. It is also about their honesty and character while in office that matters.
Yes, I proudly support Newt Gingrich. In all honesty this was an absurd election. One month before the caucus we have a vote for a candidate that will recieve zero delegates. Still this was all a fiasco contributed by the RNC and Gov Nixon’s refusal to allow the republicans to have their vote in March.
I live in MO and there wasnt much of a turnout in our area. Alot of those that did show felt this was such a waste. There was one other issue on the ballot which is the only reason I even bothered to show up.
Love the unnamed spokesman in the article..lol. Newt missed the MO primary and it was posted on FR. He was NOT riding high in the polls at the time of the post. He did not have any PAC money either. He has my vote. MO should get their elections straightened out..period and the RNC needs to become better organized which is why the Fla election is still up in the air. GO NEWT!
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