I was wrong; so please join me in supporting Harriet Miers.

[DrDeb]

1) Estrada WAS considered initially, and 2) the President knew WELL before the public that Owens wasn't interesting in the USSC nomination. [BTW: It seems as thought most of the 'public' here at FR still doesn't know that Owens withdrew her name from the nomination list!]

[Pukin Dog]

Oh, now I cant be funny?

[Stellar Dendrite]

"The only reason that Miers will be confirmed is that the Senators know her personally for her work on the Roberts confirmation and other issues (WOT) where she has played a significant role."

Libstripper-- wondering your opinions on this?

Thanks!

[Pukin Dog]

I have no information on that.

[F.J. Mitchell]

You sound very arogantly cotrite, upchucking mutt-have you had your rabies shot updated?

And just what the hell is that you just deposited on the carpet???????

[Soul Seeker]

And if there is another opening, you are going to get another Miers, and another one after that, because you will probably have the very same Senate or worse.

Then why vote for them?

This line of thought only encourages me to two thoughts.

A) Expose the scum. Do not appease. It'll be bloody but the clean up would be good.

B) Do not vote for them.

I do not bow to blackmail. I like my House Rep. That may be all I vote for next year, persuent to this line of thought being true, given my state is WA and I see no reason I should support anyone that will morph into someone else that would blackmail the president.

[Cboldt]

What I am telling you is that Miers is indeed all you can get. And if there is another opening, you are going to get another Miers, and another one after that, because you will probably have the very same Senate or worse.

Will the GOP complain about this abomination? You are asserting that the President is compromising on nominations, because he has to get a 60 vote supermajority.

Miers migh be great - this isn't about her. This is about whether or not the GOP will fight for principle. Your screed aims to justify not fighting for principle.

[pollyannaish]

unless we OUT these people somehow by forcing them to vote

Well, I'm not sure how to do that. Since I'm in Washington State...I just have to get rid of Cantwell...if at all possible.

Wouldn't the best strategy be to leave the RINOs were they are and try to replace the dems?

I guess my overarching view (coming from the area that kicked out Foley when everyone said it wasn't possible) is that it HAS to come from the ground up, not the other way. Which makes dumping guys like McCain and Collins/Snowe really difficult.

[Pukin Dog]

Why vote for them?

Because having the Congressional majority is the biggest piece of the pie. If we lose that, we lose everything.

[Torie]

Owen withdrawing was all over FR, and I never say Estrada's name on a SCOTUS list. That still leaves O'Connell, Jones, Garza, Luttig, Clement, the two obscure late surfacing women, and Wilkinson.

[John Robertson]

Okay: I love you, Man!

But not in the homo way!

Seriously: I hate this whole thing.

And if you really are something of an insider, please pass along a message from tens of thousands of Freepers to our senators:

YOU are the elitists. But cowardly ones.

[Cboldt]

Specter would have sent those nominees up for a vote.

Myers (9th Circuit) was sent for a vote in March. Where is the vote?

[Pukin Dog]

I wanted a fight myself. Then I found out what I shared, and realized that when you cant win, a fight is silly. We cant win with this Senate. We can only stand-pat at best.

[maryz]

Brit Hume....just 5 minutes ago! said essentially the same thing!..
..He named one specifically, and said she had too much history/baggage that would have been held against her.

Not exactly the same thing. He said when they were vetting Batchelder (sp?), they found a lot of judicial activism. He didn't explain more fully, but he did say they were surprised.

[TheHound]

I read your insider information and it reads like spin to me. We conservatives have been given two "pigs in the poke", when we were promised strick constitutionalists. All the talk you brought was about "why not" without even trying; of all jurists out there, and with two shots, you are saying GWB couldn't come up with one bona fide!!

[Maigrey]

You, I trust. If you say such, so be it.

[LonePalm]

Thanks Dog.

This Navy man will take you're word on this one based on your prior track record.

Go Navy! Beat Army!

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[uncbob]

Arlen Specter is in my opinion, a traitor to the Conservative movement. He has made it clear to the White House that he is determined to protect his legacy,

You mean Arlen Specter who Bush campained for in Arlen's tough primary fight against a REAL CONSERVATIVE
That Arlen
Maybe Bush forgot to have him over for popcorn

If Bush had any kind of stones he would have read the riot act to this fool

[Pukin Dog]

If you knew how many folks in Washington read Free Republic, you would be shocked. Your message will be heard.