I don't think its a matter of anyone on this thread being afraid of Schumer. The facts are the RINOs are a bit scared, Specter included, and some battles cannot be won. JRB, Owen, etc would have brought on an extended bloodbath.
Many on this thread are ready to unleash all weapons, go for broke, unlimited warfare, no winners and the hell with the conservative agenda.
I am mostly a lone wolf here but I think Bush is playing chess with these moves and the Democrats are playing checkers. 1 or 2 more openings will probably occur on Bush's watch and if that happens, the court will be about where a conservative would want it. IMHO, of course.
So, now we have 2 arguments. Miers is the best candidate and trust the nomination, and we couldn't pick a better candidate because there are too many weak Senate Republicans.
Cut that chess and checkers crap. Look, who gives a rip about a RINO. You LEAD. You use the bully pulpit. You intimidate them. You threaten to pull all federal highway funds out of AZ, RI, ME, SC, VA, OH, etc. You play hardball. You make it happen. If you did, you would see W's poll number rise, the base would love it, money would flow into the RNC and if we lost the fight we could easily pick up 4 or 5 additional seats in the Senate.