Posted on 10/21/2005 8:16:43 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
At the risk of alienating the roughly 1/3 of FReepers who, judging by the FR poll, support the Miers nomination, I believe its withdrawal has now become a question of when, not whether.
The final nail was probably the John Fund article in this morning's WSJ which strongly suggests that if hearings proceed, some very messy matters regarding the Texas Lottery and W's National Guard service will be dredged up. Here's a link to the Fund column:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110007431
Note also that, after staying above the fray, the influential Wall Street Journal editorial today calls the Miers nomination a "mistake."
So with this as preface, and again, with apologies in advance to FReepers who might be outraged at the exercise, I am starting this pool to predict when the announcement will come - be it from the WH or from Ms. Miers herself - that the nomination is being withdrawn.
I'll start the ball rolling by putting in my pick at the early end of the spectrum:
Monday, October 24th, 5 PM.
Have at it!
LOL!
Shows my memory isn't what it's thought to be. (g)
Well...if it's worth anything...I've ate a lot of humble-pie too!!
FRegards,
Whatever . . .
Hey, that was directed at the prediction, and NOT the astro's, who made it to the big show, unlike my Red Sox. Good show, first ever Texas team to make it into the World Series!
Smile, and have a nice day!
Next year . . . Astros vs Red Sox . . . I'll hold off on the rest. ;^)
Works for me!!
This is not right!
Miers notified Bush of her decision at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, 2005.
On second thought, the questio was "when the announcement will come - be it from the WH or from Ms. Miers herself - that the nomination is being withdrawn."
That was this morning.
Agreed.
Just out of curiousity, because I haven't gone back and checked, would you have been the winner if we had taken last night as the relevant time and date?
I would not have been the winner if we had used the evening of October 26 as the relevant time and date.
I did come close however. I predicted Miers would withdraw tomorrow, at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 2005.
Well, let me qualify that. I actually said that I did not think she would bow out, but if she did and for the fun of betting on it, I picked 4:15 p.m. on Friday October 28. I figured that if she were going to bow out, she would do it after the end of the work week so there would be less talk radio chatter about it.
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