[quidnunc]

Parmenio wrote: Can anyone tell me why the first Senator to come out in support of Miers was Harry Reid?

Because he approved of her in a private meeting prior to the announcement of her nomination.

The Democrat senators don't want a big fight on this.

[MrNatural]

..The Democrat senators don't want a big fight on this ..

Exactly. They know now it hurts the party. They have signaled to Bush that they don't care how conservative the nominee really is; as long as there is some appearance of being a 'moderate', they'll go along. This lets them look reasonably statesmanlike to their constituents and keeps the mowing and gibbering of the moonbat left to a minimum.

But if pushed into a fight, they'll fight. They have stated numerous times they will filibuster Brown (my favorite) or Owens, or anyone with a clear, strong conservative record. There are 36 republican senators and 19 RINOs. The RINOs have stated they will not vote to break a filibuster. Most of the well-known names would not likely get out of the Judiciary Committe.

That's just how it is.

[uncbob]

The Democrat senators don't want a big fight on this.

So Bush has the dems running scared and wimps out

The dems are just as stupid
When they start hearing from their left wing wacko $$$$ base about this BORN AGAIN candidate they are really gonna have to decide whether to get them Poed or put up a fight and then Bush will have a fight anyway The worst of both worlds

You know what they say in the NFL " You gonna get hit anyway so you might as well catch the damn ball "

[Cboldt]

The Democrat senators don't want a big fight on this.

None of the politicians want to fight for principle. That is axiomatic. The GOP Senators don't want a fight. It's unseemly. The President surely doesn't want a fight.

I'd be cool on winning without a fight, but I know for a fact that sequence of events (winning without a fight) is fantasy.