"Despite all this, you still think "The treatment Miers is getting from the right is uncalled for at best and disgraceful to say the least." WOW!!!! You don't hold the conservative rank and file to a high standard, do you?"
Not when the President has a proven track record on putting Conservative judges on the court. The Republicans backed away from a fight and Bush is smart enough to know that Luttig, Brown and Owen will not be confirmed because of those 14 sellouts.
The Conservatives are playing to their base so their campaign contributions do not dry up. They are cutting off their own nose to spite their face.
I think Reagan said it best. "Trust but verify."
Some of us find it incredible that the President will send our men and women to die in Iraq, but he himself cowers from a battle in the Senate.
If nothing else, he owes it to the military votes that in large part elected him in 2000 to put on his manhood and fight for what's right.