[UncleSamUSA]

It is clear that Bush did NOT consult with his conservative base on this pick... or if he did he just flipped them the finger.

Is this Bush's way of partially getting back at all the criticism of Gonzalez from the right back in the summer before Roberts was picked?? As if to say: you guys kept me from picking one good friend then, but you are not gonna keep me from picking another good friend this time?

And yes, that would mean he values personal loyalty over loyalty to his base. No surprise there.

[HapaxLegamenon]

This goes to the point as to why Bush's poll numbers are low. It isn't because he hasn't appealed to the Dems by letting Kennedy write the education bill, by adding a prescription drug package to mediscare that no one wants, by opening our boarders to illegal immigration, by giving away the store for Katrina relief, etc.

His poll numbers are low because he is losing his base. Karl Rove, genius? You have got to be kidding.

[floriduh voter]

Miers is real buddy, buddy with Gonzalez. Take that for what it's worth.