Bush can veto it - and for once, mount a campaign using the bully pulpit to explain to americans, day after day, what is going on here and what is at stake, and trash the senators (on both sides) who voted for it. then let them re-vote to override and see where the chips fall.
in politics, either you are on offense - or you are losing.
It's the only coarse I can see.
Go to war with Congress, ally with the conservative base. Granted, many conservatives are NOT happy about his selection of Miers but still, in majority, like and respect the man while the same cannot be said of their feelings of this Congress.
It may not stop it, but at this point, Congress has just sold this Country out.
"in politics, either you are on offense - or you are losing."
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You are absolutely right. In politics and in war. The Republicans surrendered their majority status, when some of them became part of the infamous 14, and allowed the Dems to retain the filibuster against judicial nominees. The Dems sensed the weakness and the Republicans are continuing to fold. It's a disgrace, which actually puts the American people in grave danger.