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How could Republican senators vote against Miers when the voted almost unanimously to confirm Ginsburg and Breyer?

Anybody doing that would be eaten alive during their next election campaign

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How could Republican senators vote against Miers when the voted almost unanimously to confirm Ginsburg and Breyer?

The anti-Miers jihadists will gladly tell you: Ginsburg and Breyer were both qualified, you see. They went to the right schools, put in their time on appellate courts, and sucked up to the right Supreme Court justices through internships.

How they vote, how much damage they do to the country through their decisions, is beside the point.

The most important thing is that they were qualified.

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"How could Republican senators vote against Miers when the voted almost unanimously to confirm Ginsburg and Breyer?

Anybody doing that would be eaten alive during their next election campaign "

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Please help me out on this one.

Would you not vote for a Republican or stay home in the next election if someone who voted for Ginsburg and Breyer voted against Meirs?

Would you feel like they betrayed you or at least maybe did not tell you the complete truth?