[griswold3]

"If he's right, look for him to resuscitate the Social Security reforms in 2007 to end his Presidency on a high note."
Heard Bella Pelosi bragging today about how the 1000 townhall meetings stopped Bush's Social Security Reforms..
Waiting for confirmation hearings, hope Miers is all I expect her to be. (Thing only career aspect that would make me happier is that she was a grocery clerk working her way through SMU.) Before you keep bitching and moaning check out your history of other Supreme Court Judges and their experience.. Rehnquist, and Robert H. Jackson to name a couple.

[finnigan2]

Bella Pelosi ???? - Very Good!
I hadn't realized that she was boasting about stopping SS reform but if so, she has misunderestimated Bush once again. She's another politician who thinks in the moment and believes that short term town hall meeting tactics can trump a longer term strategy based on task forces and committees who burrow away quietly for months on the issues before producing a series of SS reports that are soundly based and can be debated in an informed manner.
I think that's the stage we're at right now. Once Bush revives the issue he will be able to recite chapter and verse about the true nature of the problem and give the real pros and cons of alternative solutions. With such ammo, he can blow little Bella's "town hall meeting" amateur hour attacks right out of the water.