You are so correct. It is too bad that the White House has such calloused, or such idiotic advisors that they did not tell our "compassionate conservative" President that was the case.
I just re-read Janice Rogers Brown's Whiter Shade of Pale, and it triggered a germ of an idea.
Janice Rogers Brown thinks big government is a problem. She also has a history of judicial restraint. In comparison, assuming that Ms. Miers would practice judicial restraint, I am not sure that she sees a problem with big government. That difference in attitude could color her judicial opinions.
For me, I object to big/centralized domestic control in general. Of course it is more objectionable when the control comes from the Court rather than from Congress, but judicial restraint may not be "enough" to reverse the course of government growth.
Wittgenstein said the same thing, only incoherently. :-)
Thanks for posting the link. Would be interesting some time to stumble on a thread discussing the origin and transformation of rights talk.
I really believe the votes were counted on list of hard core judges of the JRB school and they lost too many RINO votes to hold a confirmation coalition together. This is big time poker and willy nilly moves are not the norm. I think it's a mistake to assume there was not a heavy duty conversation or three between the WH and back rooms on capitol hill. There's no way to prove it but my money would have been that if JRB had been the nominee the RINOs would have shot her down. Start with 55 and subtract those who are hard over pro-abortion. Collin, Snowe, Specter....add in the others who want to avoid a filibuster and the ensuing conflicts and you only need 3 more and the issue is clear. It has to be a stealth nominee and a female give more cover to the "Lady" senators..I'm not sure Miers is the ideal but I really want some facts and most of what is running around on the FR threads is unadulterated BS that 1.) is beneath us and 2.) does not help open minded Freepers figure this out. Having said that, what little real data I have see does not make me uncomfortable. Need more real info tho.