[shempy]

I still see the Miers nomination as a battle between social conservatives and neo-conservatives.

I disagree. "Neo-conservative" typically refers to either those people that have converted from being liberal or to people that adhere to a new view or trend within conservatism. While Kristol and some others are neo-conservative, Laura Ingraham, Rush, Mark Levin, etc. are not at all neo-conservatives.

I do agree that it is a battle between different conservative factions, I just disagree with your labels.

[DallasMike]

I think that Peggy Noonan used the correct words in describing it as "Church Lady v. Ivy League."

I, like so many others, am at home with both the Church Lady and the Ivy Leageurs. However, a lot of pure Church Ladies are suspicious of people with too much education and a lot of the Brahmin Republicans are hugely distrustful of anyone who

 

       

 

 

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