I was pretty discouraged when I heard Bush's announcement this morning. Most conservatives wanted Bush to put up an "in-your-face" nominee and have a battle royale over him or her.
Rush made a statement today that I thought was telling: "If you had to go to war, would you want the Senate Republicans as your army?" This says a mouthful. Because we have so many RINOs in the Senate who have threatened to vote against strong conservatives like Janice Rogers Brown or Michael Luttig, Bush's options were limited. He didn't want to put up a nominee that would be "Borked".
Knowing the quality of judges that W has nominated for district and appellate courts, do we think that all of a sudden he lowered his standards for the Supreme Court? He knows Miers and he knows her philosophy. He also understands what is at stake.
The Vice-President did interviews with Rush and Hannity today. I think the White House underestimated the conservative backlash. Thus, they brought out the VP to do damage control.
Conservatives are very angry. From the posts I've read, the RNC will take a big financial hit in the coming months. This could mean trouble for the mid-term elections.
I'll wait to hear Miers during the hearings before passing judgment.
Wouldn't that depend on how strong the leader at the top of the Party is?
Bush's weakness is that he appears to have forgotten he holds a political office. His will to fight or even appear to start one seems to have dried up.
If I'm wrong, I'll happily eat crow for the next week.
I think a lot of people forget that there are politics involved in this.
Additionally, I know a lot of people "punished" the first George Bush for his apostasy by getting Bill Clinton elected in 1992. I don't know about anyone else, but somehow I got the impression that I was the one who got punished the most for the sins of Bush Sr.
Only if we were at war with France.
He did the same when Roberts was nominated.
Ditto. Miers would not have been my first choice. She wouldn't have been in the top 10.
But our problem is not the Democrats. It is the RINOs. I do not believe that a strong conservative judge with a history of published opinions on the right side of every issue would have a chance in hell of getting past the RINOs in a confirmation fight.