Maybe we were wrong all along. Bush is not conservative. He's Souter's long lost brother!
Kristol doesn't speak for me.
"Kristol stated more than once that he was surprised by the pick and was obviously disappointed, to the point of seeming almost angry."
Were tears welling up in Willy's eyes?
Kristol is a whiny little prissy boy.
This is what happens when you vote Republican to try to change the courts -- you get Roberts and Miers, not the kind of strict constructionist justices we need. More Republican jurisprudence in the Souter/Stevens/Warren/Brennan/Blackmun tradition.
I have to agree with that. She has never served as a judge so how could she be the best-qualified? She is a total blank slate as far as judicial temperment. A stealth candidate for both us and the lefties.
Why not Brown or Luttig or Garza or ....?
Pppfffttt...Kristol?? Geeesh...that really shakes me up!
(sarc)
To me, Bush is serving up a nominee who he knows the Dems will reject, it will not get out of committee, and then he can nominate his preferred candidate. Not a good idea if true.
I was hoping that Bush would nominate Atilla the Hun rather than a split.
On Fox News, Fred Barnes just said it is a shock to conservatives. Fred said he had sources in the White House tell him that Bush would not have nominated her if she was not a judicial conservative (for what that's worth).
Krystol's main point was there were many others with proven records that were passed over in favor of this homley looking woman.
GW could have tried....
Possum Alert!
Yawwwwnnnnnn......
Maybe she is a stealth candidate. No paper trail. As soon as she's on the Court, she huddles with Roberts and Thomas and Scalia and they accept another eminent domain case and reverse the prior ruling.
You know the Senate would have ground to a halt if JRB or Priscilla had been appointed. May be able to get her in the door quickly so half the term isn't wasted on Senate insanity.
Well, we'll see. You all can tell me I told you so if Dubya picked a dud here after we see her begin to amass a record on the Court. I can only hope right now.
Please let us have one more pick...a resignation from the left side once they get the drift that it is now a 5-4 majority our way, with no swinging vote left dangling. That may discourage the old lefties to drop by the way side.
I can dream....
My $.02: Judiciary committee will, at best, approve her 9-8 (Specter votes, Not Present). All depends on Specter; not out of the question that he would reject. Then vote would be 9-9. Then in full SEnate, best she would do is 52-48.
Fox says Harry Reid is positive about Miers. He is quoted as saying "I like Harriet Miers."
It's all over folks.
Well of course she's not the best choice. The best choice would have no chance whatever of getting approved by the Senate.
FoxNews just reported that Harry Reid likes Miers.