[verity]

IMHO, the "base" indeed does want a judicial activist.

The "wingers" on both ends of the spectrum desire to advance their individual philosophies.

[ConsentofGoverned]

"Miers is pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, and is definitely not a judicial activist. Exactly the kind of person Bush’s base wanted."
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and the author knows this HOW? from her long record? from her public speaking?? from dissertations on the law and the Constitution?
OR by divine inspiration?
the lotto queen miers is imo much more likly to be a liberal hiding behind a pathologic drive to be unkown to even her closest associates...very disturbing

[zbogwan2]

If Harriet Miers is confirmed and votes the way President Bush says she will, then the President will look like the ultimate Conservative and his constituency will back him 100%. President Bush will emerge as a true conservative Guru.

[Ol' Sparky]

Miers is pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, and is definitely not a judicial activist.

Miers has also had tied to radical feminism, is pro-affirmative action, pro-women in combat and pro-Title IX. There is also evidence she is soft on the death penalty.

What do Miers opponents want? A conservative judge with a proven track record?

Why in the world would anyone in their right believe this strategy of appointing stealth candidates is going to work out after 25 years of it failing? It's the same cycle over and over again and conservatives never seem to have enough intelligence to realize that is doesn't work.