I still don't understand why Bush and Co. backed Arlen Specter in his bid for re-election. Anyone with an ounce of sense would have known that

1) Specter is pretty much a RINO and
2) since he doesn't have to worry about the voters again, this being his last term and all, he's free to be as big a liberal dickhead as he wants.

Case in point. Excerpt:

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who is expected to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, bluntly warned President Bush yesterday against putting forth Supreme Court nominees who would seek to overturn abortion rights or who might otherwise be considered too conservative to win confirmation.

Memo to Senator Specter: go fuck yourself.

Hey, does anyone know if the Senate rules can be changed to remove this asshole from the Judiciary Committee? Just curious.

Update: Turns out that I'm not the only one that feels this way. Excerpt:

One more thing. In Pennsylvania, where Bush made a crucial error in intervening the wrong way in a tight GOP primary race between conservative Pat Toomey and Sen. Arlen Specter, he got nowhere on Tuesday. We're left with Specter as the presumptive next chairman of the Judiciary Committee, where Bush's judicial nominees will run the gantlet.

Specter has already given notice that he will approve only "centrist" (read: pro-abortion, pro-'gay') judges. Given Tuesday's mandate for the "extremist" moral order that Specter disdains, it's not too early to begin a campaign to dump him and ensure that a real conservative like Jon Kyle takes this crucial post.

You heard it here: Dump Specter, now.

Update #2: The folks at the Corner are on it as well. I should have guessed. Excerpt:

A few readers have already told me they have e-mailed Bill Frist and/or their senators. The more I think about it, this election is not over—there is unfinished business. As you know, Arlen Specter warned the president yesterday, in the press, that he will have a litmus test for judges if Specter is judiciary chair, a foregone conclusion as far as most are concerned. Fact is, folks, HE IS NOT JUDICIARY CHAIR, but there will be elections in the Senate in the coming days which could very well make him judiciary chairman. Conservatives, as we have seen, won this election. Many of you personally played no small role in that. Why should Republicans stifle their conservative base by putting Arlen Specter in as judiciary chair? There is no reason. If there was some deal cut that he would be judiciary chair, it seems to me he broke it yesterday. Some might want to give him the benefit of the doubt. (Not me.) Maybe Specter just wanted to keep the liberals who supported his reelection bid off his case, so he issued his warning to the president on the day of his victory (and a very conservative victory across the nation, at that). Fact is, we only know what he says. And I, for one, will take him on his word. So, simply put, Arlen Specter cannot be judiciary chair. If you agree—if you agree that good men and women cannot be kept off the Supreme Court because they are against abortion (disqualifying, for starters, any faithful Catholic, many evangelicals, Muslims, automatically…)—call and e-mail Bill Frist (and your Republican senators, if applicable) today. I’m pretty certain an overwhelming outcry from conservatives in the next few days is the only way Arlen Specter can be kept from becoming a huge obstacle. So get to work. Frist’s number is 202-224-3344.

Call often. Let's get this party started.

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