Chariman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter has definitively gone into the Republican In Name Only category or RINO for short. Conservatives have long suspected that such was the case as evidenced by the huge outcry over his blunder following the 2004 election when he thumbed his nose at President Bush during his victory statement. See this Fox News Story, dated November 5, 2004. The statement came very close to costing the Senator his chairmanship then, and it is evident that it should have.

Senator Specter has once again joined ranks with the Democrats as related by the New York Times, in this story, Panel Chairman to Press Roberts on Cases. (registration required) The following is what he had to say today:

“In a three-page letter to Judge Roberts, Mr. Specter raises pointed questions about two recent court decisions invalidating legislation Congress passed (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

We have an old saying out here in fly-over country which we call home. It is an old country boy saying, that has been tried but true. The title of our post is the saying “Stupid lasts Forever”. It wouldn’t be so tragic if it weren’t so true.

As we began to read this morning we discovered Senate Republicans falling apart on the judicial nominee filibuster issue. The Washington Times in a story by Charles Hurt entitled, Undecided Specter could doom GOP. It appears that Senator Arlen Specter is again falling off the “Constitutional Option” wagon. You can read the sad story using the link above.

EconRadical of Red State is saying, Let me be the first to call for Frist to resign. We don’t agree fully with EconRadical just yet, but if what he is reporting comes true, we will not (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)