Too bad that Republicans can't be as forgiving to their leaders as Democrats are. What President Bush has done is not to pick a fight with his base, but to sidestep the members of the senate Republican caucus that are not part of the base. He has brilliantly chosen a nominee to whom no rational senator can reasonably object, but senator Brownback has proven that it isn't about a conservative victory, it's about flexing the muscles of the caucus; his feelings have been hurt. Sad!
Isn't it illegal or unethical or something (probably not fattening) to promise a vote in exchange for support -- or anything else? Or to try to extract a vote in exchange for support. I don't think what Brownback's doing is ethical. Also not entirely rational: say he extracts a promise to vote to overturn Roe. And publicizes it (incidentally, should he vote for Miers, can we assume she promised her vote?). I don't see that anything good can come of this.
Attribute whatever dishonorable motivation you want to Brownback. He is asking questions that a lot of us in the base want answered ASAP.
Indeed. Thank you so much for your post!