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Does Arlen Specter’s defection from R to D strengthen the President’s hand in Congress? Perhaps overall but not on judicial appointments because breaking (the equivalent of) a filibuster in the Senate Judiciary Committee requires the consent of at least one member of the minority. Before today, Specter was likely to be that one Republican.

The Greenroom Forum Archive Specter Defection Will Haunt Dems On Souter Replacement

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"If they going to take credit, fair enough ... but it ought to come with a healthy dose of 'Thank you, George Bush" "Obama and Biden campaigned from one end of the country to the other for two years criticizing our Iraq policy," "If they had had their way, if we'd followed the policies they'd pursued from the outset or advocated from the outset, Saddam Hussein would still be in power in Baghdad today." Dick Cheney