Over at Hotair, there's and interesting assessment of why Specter's defection could actually help republicans on the judiciary committee block some of Obama's likely abysmal picks to replace Souter on the SCOTUS.Briefly, the Senate rules state that if even one member of the minority agrees, any filibuster may be broken. Specter would likely have been that vote. Now he's just another D vote. If the remaining republicans on the committee stick together, they can lessen the damage to the Supreme Court by forcing Obama to pick somebody more moderate than he otherwise would have. And the funniest part, Mr. Gafftastic Biden was very instrumental in getting Specter to defect.
Thanks Plugs.
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