I agree with you completely. Rush has only been somewhat critical. Where I disagree with Rush is this: He says that we could have won a battle with Luttig or Rogers-Brown. I don't really believe that. And his complaint that we're taking a chance on Miers is misplaced in that he ignores that the President is not taking a chance on Miers. He knows exactly who he's appointing. Either he's appointing a conservative, and he knows it, or he is appointing a moderate and knows it. So what it really comes down to is whether we trust Bush. A lot of the Freepers and conservative elites do not.
Personally, I do, but in any event, there is nothing to be gained by "acting up." He's the President, and he's made his decision.
President Bush campaigned for Senatorial Candidates in his first midterm Congressional elections like few other Presidents in history. He did the same in 2004 and he managed to get a 55 to 45 Majority which has done absolutely frigging nothing for him in return. Those sorry bastards couldn't even get John Bolton confirmed as the Ambassador to the U.N.
This fact had to play a part in him nominating Roberts and Miers. Rush used the analogy of the President not willing to go to war with the Army he had in the Senate, so he chose Roberts and Miers he knew would not need their support. I whole heartedly agree.
The 55 Republicans in the Senate are not an Army I would want to go tot war with
I second your view. The regrettable thing here is that the right is already giving the left plenty of cover to trash Harriett Miers without facing the repercussions.
She clearly is of a conservative makeup and her experience as managing partner of a big law firm + her years (historic years) as White House counsel are impressive. Ann Coulter, George Will and others are judging the choice without giving her a chance in front of the senate. My gut tells me she can more than hold her own with the likes of Schumer, Kennedy, Biden and Leahy. There may be a meltdown over this nomination and if conservatives do not at least show her decency and a measure of fairness from now until the hearings we'll hold more than our their share of the blame.