Arlen Specter

The Senate battle over the confirmation of judicial nominees reflected the epitome of Republican obstructionism, with nominees who won significant if not unanimous support from the Judiciary Committee failing to receive up-or-down votes on their confirmation.

PFAW: GOP Senators Target Judicial Nominees of Color. Brian @ PFAW Blog: Arlen Specter Denounces Roberts Court, Republican Obstructionism. Terry Krepel @ Equality Matters: Gotcha Fail: Rep.

I tend to avoid writing "what does it mean" posts in the days following any sort of election, mainly because I frankly have no idea what election results "mean" in terms of some larger narrative. The upside of that is that I don't have to try and spin election results so that the

Rand Paul won Republican Senate nomination in Kentucky last night. Richard Viguerie calls Paul's win a "major vote of no confidence in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell." Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice suggests that Arlen Specter's loss will make him more likely to vote against Elena