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By Quin Posted in Uncategorized — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

From Specter's floor speech, the key sentences:

"THe fact is that the harm to the Republic, at worst, by the confirmation of all pending circuit court nominess is infinitesimal compared to the harm to the Senate, whichever way the vote would turn out, on the nuclear option. None of these circuit judges could make new law because all are bound, and each one agreed on the record, to follow U.S. Supreme Court decisions."

Individually, Specter defended Owen, Pryor and Brown with specific reference to their records. And he said the Dems should, rather than filibuster, try to persuade moderate GOPers to vote against the nominees on straight, fair votes -- and that he thought they might get a few votes that way. He is right.

All in all, it was as good a statement as one could hope for. While putting some blame on both sides, it made clear that the Dems were the ones who had been by far the most unreasonable. Good for Specter!