You come at this from the inside baseball standpoint. I come at it from the standpoint that Miers WILL follow and respect the law, rather than rewrite it. That is, after all, the Scalia-Thomas position.
So I think this will be a double win. She will be confirmed, and she will be an "originalist."
Regarding your comments about Senator Spector, there is a solution to that problem. I expect the Republicans to gain either two or four seats in the Senate in 2006. Then, when the new Congress meets, the Committees will be reshuffled, and Spector can be given a brass plaque on a back bench. And THEN, some serious conservatives can be named, and CONFIRMED, to replace the likes of Ginsburg and Stevens.
We come at it from different directions. But we reach the same point on this nomination.
Congressman Billybob
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Congressman Billybob,
Nice to see (OK, read) you here.