[Mb-civic] GOP Infighting in the Senate

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GOP Infighting in the Senate 
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November 15 2004

It's long been Arlen Specter's dream to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. But the Pennsylvania Republican may have blown it by antagonizing the GOP's social conservatives when he warned President Bush after the election that the Senate would be unlikely to confirm Supreme Court candidates opposed to Roe vs. Wade. Is Specter's gaffe a harbinger of splits among Senate Republicans on social and fiscal issues? 

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