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[desh]

Just over 24 hours before I vote, and I'm still undecided about who I'm going to cast my vote for in the election.

Clearly, I'm talking about the Senate race between Specter and Hoeffel in Pennsylvania.

Specter used to be my favorite Republican, for a long time. He never used to blindly vote with his party. He thought for himself on many issues, even highly politicized ones. For example, he voted "not proven" on the Clinton articles of impeachment. So not only was his vote recorded as "not guilty", thus setting him against his party, but he drew attention to himself while doing so. But in the past few years, he's gotten worse and worse at this, and is now almost a down-the-line Republican. So I'd be inclined to vote against him.

Thing is, though, he's still staunchly pro-choice. And if the Republicans retain control of the Senate, which is looking more and more likely, then he'll be the chair of the Judiciary Committee. In other words, he'll be the second most important person in the country when it comes to appointing judges. I like Hoeffel more than Specter in general, but my worst nightmare is Bush winning the White House, the Republicans keeping the Senate, and someone other than Specter running Senate Judiciary.

So what to do?

Comments

[jdcohen.livejournal.com]

If the way the Republican party is going is any indication, if Specter is re-elected (which looks likely) he won't get chair of any committee. Why do you think that Santorum, a senator with a much shorter record than Specter, is so far higher up the Republican hierarchy? Because Santorum is a hardcore right winger, and not a moderate like Specter. That's another reason why I'm not voting for Specter, by the way - because, to make up the ideological difference with his own party, Specter is being drawn further and further to the right, as opposed to the moderate stance he had before (that kept getting him re-elected with a large portion of the Philadelphia voter body). That, and Hoeffel was my Representative before they redistricted and took him away. Those bastards.

--Jeff

[below-the-belt.livejournal.com]

i'm going hoeffel. how likely is it, do you think, that hoeffel will win?

[sleepsong.livejournal.com]

I take it you're not pro-choice?

I'm voting Hoeffel because Specter screwed over the Pittsburgh transportation system. OK, so that's not the only reason, but it's an important one.

Ohmigod who cares the REAL issue here is that

[bumonyou.livejournal.com]

Arlen Specter was at my bris.