Arlen Specter has two new babysitters.
In what appears to be nothing less than payback to religious conservative groups seeking to repeal Roe vs. wade and impose their “moral” agenda on America, Republican leaders in the Senate appointed Sam Brownback (R) Kansas and Tom Coburn (R) Oklahoma, two of the nation’s most outspoken anti-abortion leaders to the Judiciary Committee.
The holier-than-thou crowd could hardly contain their glee.
"It is likely that there will be a Supreme Court vacancy next year. With the additions of Brownback and Coburn to the committee, there will be more watchful eyes and ears on Specter.” said Jan LaRue, chief counsel for Concerned Women for America in a statement from the organization. "Concerned Women for America has vowed to hold Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) accountable to his promise not to impose a litmus test on nominees and to conduct fair and timely hearings after he was forced to back-track from what was widely perceived as a message to the president about pro-life candidates," LaRue added.
The Washington Times reports that Capitol Hill insiders see the changes as a signal that Republican leaders intend to take a hard line against Judiciary Committee Democrats, who have led the filibusters against some of Mr. Bush's judicial nominees.
Gee, ya think so?
The appointment of two whack jobs like Coburn and Brownback to the Senate Judiciary committee appears to be a payoff to religious conservative groups who had forcefully opposed Arlen Specter’s appointment as head of Judiciary, but relented after Senate leader Bill Frist arranged a meeting between Specter and religious conservatives in which they claim Specter promised not to oppose anti-abortion nominees to the federal bench and Supreme court.
If anyone had any doubts abut the intent of Republican leaders in the Senate to move forcefully to overturn Roe v. Wade during the reign of the Bush administration, today’s appointments should remove it. There is little doubt about who is in charge.
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