[holdonnow]

Defeatist. No need to surrender to Schumer so easily. I'd rather fight the good fight over a solid nominee and win!

[MJY1288]

First off you aint gonna fight nothing, you're just insult everyone here and watch Hagel, Snowe, McCain, and the other Rino's cave as we lose another fight in the Senate

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply! But the choice is to either fight or win – this is not a circumstance where one can have his cake and eat it too.

If our side picked a fight by nominating an obvious uber-judicial-conservative, the McCain/Graham gang would not have prevented a Democrat filibuster and noone would have been seated in time for the two abortion cases coming up, one of which challenges the ban on partial birth abortions. We know which way O’Connor would rule.

If their side picks a fight by filibustering a stealth candidate such as Miers, the McCain/Graham gang will support the nuclear option which won’t help with the abortion cases, but will make any appointment thereafter much easier.

Again, I play to win not to fight. Thus I support Bush and his candidate Miers. Or as the parable goes, never start a fight but always finish one.