Posted on 10/09/2005 9:57:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It appears that conservatives' long simmering distrust of moderate chief of staff Andrew Card has been confirmed with the nomination of Harriet Miers.
Sources inside the White House say Card in several meetings literally shouted down opposition to Miers during the vetting process. "Harriet was his pick all the way up 'til the President jumped on board wholeheartedly," says a White House staffer. "This was not a Rove pick or Laura Bush pick. It was Card's pick."
For several weeks prior to last Monday's announcement of Miers, conservatives involved inside the White House were telling outsiders that they felt "marginalized" or "ignored" during the vetting and selection process for the second Supreme Court pick. They complained that their candidates were not gaining any traction with those involved in leading the process. Without a clear picture of who was directing the process, the assumption was that Karl Rove as well as Miers and longtime judicial advisers such as C. Boyden Gray were providing input and riding herd over those with less reliable political instincts.
Now, it appears that another Bush has fallen prey to the seemingly bad advice of a Northeastern Republican who was more interested in seeing his candidate win than seeing the best person for the job put on the Supreme Court.
Card has had an uneasy relationship with conservatives in Washington. In the past, his attempts to reach out to conservatives have not gone over well. During private dinners with conservatives, he fails to speak their language or to connect with them, further distancing himself from the base of the party his boss needs.
The natural question will be to wonder, "Where was Rove?" But sources inside the White House say Rove was not distracted by other issues, or overloaded with work. Rather, he was simply one of several voices speaking to the President. In this case, perhaps, he wasn't the last to be heard.
*chuckle*
This is a disaster. Conservative senators and Bush aides need to unite and have an "intervention" with the President. Withdraw this disaster of a nomination now and nominate a well qualified conservative.
LMAO!! (But you forgot your sarcasm tag. Slower lurkers might take that seriously.)
This is my final comment on this issue. If President Bush is a man of wisdom, he will withdraw her nomination, no matter how much he "trusts" the nominee. It has reached the point where it is doing serious damage to his party, not the opposition. We need a clearly defined, knock down drag out debate in the Senate to settle the abortion issue once and for all. Putting a strong pro-life judge with an obvious pro-life track record as the nominee will accomplish this. Leaving this important issue for future debate only keeps everybody frustrated and angry, and continues the genocide of the unborn. Its time to settle it now! President Bush, tell the liberals "go ahead, make my day" by putting a true no nonsense conservative up for nomination.
Sorry. I see your typo. You meant: "So, in other words, the nomination that is only supported by the elitist Northeasterners.... "
Sounds like old Andy's getting set up to take the fall if the WH has to bail out on Miers.
Bush has totally snookered the RINOs and the Rats in the Senate, and you Meirs bashers can't even see it even if your vision was similiar to Superman's.
Blah blah blah you didn't vote for Bush anyway so why do you care what he does.
ping
Now it's Card's fault??? HAHAHA this is rich....
"So, in other words, the nomination that is only opposed by the elitist Northeasterners was cooked up by...an elitist Northeasterner?"
LOL!!
Bush really cannot withdraw the nomination, he would likely be vilified in the press as cowed by the fringe right of the party. His next nominee would be castigated as an ardent conservative and it would galvanize the opposition. If the nomination is to be withdrawn, it must be by her own personal announcement.
Wow, I'm thrilled that Andy Card-- a squishy moderate from New England-- picked Miers to fill the swing seat on the court. The Bush's just don't get it. New Englanders Warren Rudman and John Sunnunu had them put Souter on the court.
This is just the icing on the crap cake for me...
Oh well, I must appologize to Karl Rove... Who woulda thunk Karl cooked up such a fantastic pick? SIGH!!!
that's what it looks like.
This should be an interesting week. For all their attempts at spin, the white house must notice that the cries of "what were you thinking" aren't dying down...they're getting louder.
Man, this is getting like the Katrina finger pointing fiasco.
A debate led by Frist and counting on Specter, Snowe, Collins, Chaffee, McCain, DeWine, Voinovich and Graham?
Not right now, thank you.
This is one of those breathtakingly stupid articles. Bush chose Miers, not Andy Card. Cripes.
Dude, get off the crack pipe and take up some poker lessons. Meirs ain't going nowhere and she'll easily be confirmed.
Opposed to the crystal meth that your dentist appointments are costing you?
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