Reply #9: Specter Showed His Cards A While Ago...

[KharmaTrain]

He said he personally asked Sandra Day O'Connor to stay on the bench through the end of this term. That's in June. Now that the current session is well underway, you'd think it'd be bad to break up the court's work by bringing in a new Justice. That's why most resignations/confirmation hearings are in the summer and early fall...before the session begins. Now any testimony O'Connor hears becomes null the moment a new justice is placed on the court and cases will have to be re-heard...or it could even have its merit reviewed.

Remember, we still have the "Gang Of 14"...these people are the ultimate gatekeepers as to who will or won't be confirmed. The deal, from what I see, is still in place as it keeps the power of this process in the hands of Specter and allows him to keep this regime from attacking him...he's too powerful. Kharma's a bitch when they tried to strip him of his chairmanship last year. LOL

Yes, this nomination could get bogged down and deferred well into next year...where the political pressure will make it very, very difficult for boooosh to ram through a right wingnut. He'll have plenty of other crap going on anyway. Being preznit is no fun sometimes. LOL.