[Parmenio]

Can anyone tell me why the first Senator to come out in support of Miers was Harry Reid?

[quidnunc]

Parmenio wrote: Can anyone tell me why the first Senator to come out in support of Miers was Harry Reid?

Because he approved of her in a private meeting prior to the announcement of her nomination.

The Democrat senators don't want a big fight on this.

[alnick]

Seriously, who cares? I don't trust the man. Do you? I certainly don't let anything he says or does sway my thinking. Do you?

[calrighty]

Deal with Bush behind closed doors?

[jdm]

"Can anyone tell me why the first Senator to come out in support of Miers was Harry Reid?"

Word is he's supporting Miers due to the fact that his NON SUPPORT of John Roberts hurt him politically back in his home state.

[JoeGar]

Many, like Mr. Will, have convinced themselves that thinking and writing about what other people do is more important than actually doing stuff. It isn't.

What a great line!!!

[AmishDude]

Because Reid made an error. He put Harriet Miers' name on a list of acceptable candidates, thinking that Bush would never pick her. Think about it: If she's so unqualified, why would Reid consider her? He had to put somebody down, so he put down the nice lady who talked with him about Roberts.

I don't know what the worry about "unqualified" is, anyway. I might be (cough, cough) unqualified, but I know how to vote the way Scalia and Thomas do.

[No Truce With Kings]

"Can anyone tell me why the first Senator to come out in support of Miers was Harry Reid?"

Because even a broken clock is right at least twice each day.

[ElPatriota]

Disturbing isn't! and not just any senator, but REID himself. Is it possible he is trying to torpedo her, by pretending he is in favor?... But not only him, Schumer too, I believe?