Arlen Gets a Pass Today... and Arlo Moralizes

Just ask anyone I partied with Tuesday night, I was pissed that Hoffel didn't beat Specter. Specter is pretty middle of the road, not the most evil of Republicans out there (i.e., he's no Tom DeLay or Bill Frist). Yet, right now, Specter is on my good side:

The likely new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, moderate Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., warned the White House against trying to fill any upcoming Supreme Court vacancies with judges who would oppose abortion rights or invite Democrats to block them for being too conservative.

"I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning," said Specter, who was elected Tuesday to a fifth six-year term.

This link courtesy of today's Progress Report, which also had this to say (listen up Dad, Mom, Stepdad, and all of the other moralizing, evangelical hypocrites out there who voted for Bush):

On Election Day 2004, 18 million Americans reportedly voted for President Bush because of "moral values," which "edged terrorism and the economy as the top issue" of the election. But on a number of issues that should be critical to voters who care about morality, the president needs to do better in his second term. "Regardless of who leads this country," said National Council of Churches General Secretary Robert Edgar, "the agenda of the church must always respond faithfully to the Bible's timeless mandate to minister to the poor, the marginalized and the outcast; and to be seekers and makers of peace." To that end, progressive religious groups such as Hadassah, Interfaith Alliance and the Protestants for the Common Good (PCG) are encouraging people of faith to work toward reforms on moral issues such as economic justice, poverty, affordable housing and the environment.