You know what could happen?
Reid could say, "I was duped, the battle is ON!" and there could be an enormous knock-down drag-out fight over Mier.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
I noted earlier and will repeat it for the record, President Bush nominated her today--MONDAY!--with many news cycles ahead. I do believe this is not a cut-and-dried issue, a foregone conclusion.
I think trouble lies ahead. And I think the Dems will, as usual, overplay their hand. Furthermore, I think it will be on the evangelical Christian issue.
Reid is a scummy little low-life jackass who's dumber than dirt. But even he's smart enough to know that any words of praise he has for any Bush nominee will send conservatives into fits of rage. He did the exact same thing when the President nominated John Roberts that he did with Miers today. And of course, in the end he invented some excuse to vote against Roberts, like I knew he would all along. Why anyone takes anything Harry Reid says seriously is beyond me.
There may well be good reasons for us to oppose Harriet Miers' nomination, and if those reasons exist, they'll come out over the next few weeks. But getting the "endorsement" of that POS Reid is not a good reason