[Soul Seeker]

For those interested in polls, try the comparison of these two FreeRepublic polls on for size and THEN tell me how anyone can DARE suggest this isn't an open division of this nominee.


Do you approve of President Bush's nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court?

Composite Opinion
Yes 86.6% 3,234
Pass 7.3% 274
No 6.1% 228
100.0% 3,736

Member Opinion
Yes 87.8% 2,357
Pass 8.1% 217
No 4.1% 109
100.0% 2,683

Non-Member Opinion
Yes 83.3% 877
No 11.3% 119
Pass 5.4% 57
100.0% 1,053


Do you approve of Harriet Miers for Supreme Court?

Need more info 34.9% 1,685
Yes 33.4% 1,613
No 26.9% 1,300
I'm voting Hillary! 2.7% 131
Pass 2.1% 99
100.0% 4,828

Member Opinion
Need more info 40.6% 912
Yes 30.2% 679
No 25.4% 572
Pass 2.4% 53
I'm voting Hillary! 1.4% 32
100.0% 2,248

Non-Member Opinion
Yes 36.2% 934
Need more info 30.0% 773
No 28.2% 728
I'm voting Hillary! 3.8% 99
Pass 1.8% 46
100.0% 2,580


Does everyone understand now? This is not some small cabal of malcontents or trolls. The Party is split and this is NOT good no matter how anyone wishes to spin it.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

That sound you hear-from the Miers camp-is crickets chirping.

[Texas Federalist]

Great post.

[Dat Mon]

The polls you cite are interesting.

Most seem willing to wait for the hearings to make a final determination.

Sounds good on first glance...but wait...

Ive said that there are a couple possible outcomes for these hearings.
1) Miers shines like star similar to Roberts, or otherwsie very good performance
2) Miers comes across as average...ok but nothing spectacular
3) Miers comes across as unqualified
4) Miers hearings dont reveal much at all about her qualifications or philosophy

Now what will be the outcome of the FR poll for these outcomes....if its anything other than 1)...62 percent of FR is going to be opposed to Miers

The other point is that the majority 62% of FR do NOT believe the President when he said that Miers was the best he could find. If they believed that...the approval would be over 60 percent.

Interesting stuff...now try to extrapolate this to the party as a whole....