Thank you for affirming what I have been saying. I might add, that if it were not for hurricanes Katrina and Rita, President Bush might have opted for a fight that might have lasted through to January. With these disasters, there is much on his plate and we cannot let the DemonRATs put this country through that. We still have more things such as the continuing Iraq war, a boarder policy, the energy crisis, Social Security, and, if you can believe it, an emerging Bird Flu catastrophe (if it mutates to be transmitted through human to human contact).
Wait until the hearings. I am sure that Harriet Miers will do the Conservative Cause proud.
I wrote that there were 51 Republican U.S. Senators. My mistake: There are 55 Republican U.S. Senators.
The Democrats would have lost the fight, even if they had succeeded in filibustering a nominee. That bill would have come due at the ballot box in November 2006.
The same thing happened in 1991 when Democrats tried to sink Thomas's nomination. Many Americans resented the Democrats' small-mindedness and hypocrisy, and that helped sweep the Republicans to a majority in the House for first the time in decades.
By ducking the fight this time out, Bush allowed the Democrats to win by forfeit.