real politik insight from electoral-vote.com
always interesting and really pretty amazingly put together electioneering, electoral-vote.com has this interesting bit of how to count to 60 insight:
"[...] it is yet possible that Obama names Sen. Arlen Specter to the cabinet. Spector is up for reelection in 2010, will be 80 years old then, and has cancer. Furthermore, he is likely to face popular governor Ed Rendell (D) in that race. If Obama makes an offer he not only shows his bipartisanship by putting Republicans in the cabinet, but he flips a Senate seat as Gov. Rendell will probably appoint himself to the Senate. Another cabinet possibility is Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), whose appointment would also flip a Senate seat. Of course they could object and choose to remain in an almost powerless minority under the banner of "Party first." Who knows. Finally, while the totals are not in yet, the Democrats did not sweep the House the way the Republicans expected."
Both Snow and Specter would be great choices. I've had no interactions with Specter directly but have appreciated his balance on a number of judicial committee issues for some times. Snow I have a great deal of respect for on the issues I followed on Commerce. More interesting is the balance of power relative to cloture and both the perceptions and the implications thereof.
From this perspective I think Specter is the better choice if there will only be one, but the politics of does a thank you feel more like a stab relative to exactly who gets the PA nod is beyond my skill set as an armchair politiker. Maybe instead opt for appointments for both of them? Give Specter Ruth's gig out of deference even though he may not make it past a few years on the bench? Would be an interesting an impressive call and do much to shoot down the partisan court claim, to say nothing of being an easy bet for confirmation. juxtaposed with a young liberal dem and you'd have a lot of cover plus a chance to follow up with a more partisan move toward the end of the term or in term 2.
This is probably why they don't let me act as appointment secretary.
"[...] it is yet possible that Obama names Sen. Arlen Specter to the cabinet. Spector is up for reelection in 2010, will be 80 years old then, and has cancer. Furthermore, he is likely to face popular governor Ed Rendell (D) in that race. If Obama makes an offer he not only shows his bipartisanship by putting Republicans in the cabinet, but he flips a Senate seat as Gov. Rendell will probably appoint himself to the Senate. Another cabinet possibility is Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), whose appointment would also flip a Senate seat. Of course they could object and choose to remain in an almost powerless minority under the banner of "Party first." Who knows. Finally, while the totals are not in yet, the Democrats did not sweep the House the way the Republicans expected."
Both Snow and Specter would be great choices. I've had no interactions with Specter directly but have appreciated his balance on a number of judicial committee issues for some times. Snow I have a great deal of respect for on the issues I followed on Commerce. More interesting is the balance of power relative to cloture and both the perceptions and the implications thereof.
From this perspective I think Specter is the better choice if there will only be one, but the politics of does a thank you feel more like a stab relative to exactly who gets the PA nod is beyond my skill set as an armchair politiker. Maybe instead opt for appointments for both of them? Give Specter Ruth's gig out of deference even though he may not make it past a few years on the bench? Would be an interesting an impressive call and do much to shoot down the partisan court claim, to say nothing of being an easy bet for confirmation. juxtaposed with a young liberal dem and you'd have a lot of cover plus a chance to follow up with a more partisan move toward the end of the term or in term 2.
This is probably why they don't let me act as appointment secretary.
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