[Revolting cat!]

More Popcorn!
(My, she's been in demand lately!

[colorcountry]

You, again?

[MNJohnnie]

Can the right make Mr. Bush pay a significant political price for his selection of Ms. Miers? This is more than a question about the blogosphere and the op-ed pages

Which is whatthe critics want. They really have nothing against Miers. They are just mad at Bush

[massadvj]

This is what I find most perplexing. That rather than fight with the left, GWB would prefer to fight with his base. Laura called me, and every other thoughtful conservative who opposes this nomination, a "sexist" today. The White House staff has been even more abrasive in their characterizations of us. I only wish they were half as forthright in going after Harry Reid.

They announced ahead of time that they were predisposed toward a woman and then they picked the least qualified one, based on her personal connections. It happens in institutional hiring all over America every day. There is no reason to wonder why government is inept. It starts at the top.

[trubluolyguy]

The conservative community wanted a stellar nominee and wanted Mr. Bush to fight. It seems likely to me that Mr. Bush placed a high value on avoiding the prospect of a High Court "nuclear option" scenario, in which Republicans in the Senate queued up a simple majority to change the filibuster rule in order to confirm a new justice.

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In short he showed a severe lack of testicular fortitude.

[My GOP]

How do we know Miers is not as conservative as Scalia and Thomas? She may well be. The President has done an A+ job of picking judges the last 5 years and I don't see him messing up on his most important judicial selection after doing a flawless job the last 5 years. I believe that Miers is a stealth conservative, a Scalia disguised as a O'Connor. If this is the case, we have the best of both worlds, the conservative we want with no fight to get her on the S.C. I believe next July when the S.C. goes on recess, conservatives will never doubt the President again on judicial nominations.

[Cautor]

"Can the opposition to Mr. Bush over Miss Miers turn into declining approval for Mr. Bush among his conservative base, the bulwark of his support?"

I think the author has made the case that Bush is now limited in what he can do in the future by the whims of the Mod Squad AKA the Gang of 14. Will they let future conservative nominees through or will they all have to be in the Miers "stealth" mold to pass muster with Reid and the RINOs? What about new tax relief, or social security reform, or other parts of the Bush agenda. They are now hostage to the Mod Squad's desires. And at the same time, he's pissed off a lot of former supporters (I'm one of them). The weaker he looks to the Republicans and Mod Squad, the weaker he becomes.

[longtermmemmory]

The conservative PUNDIT community...

Mr and Mrs American seem to be just fine with this.

[unsycophant]

Yeah, that Bush, wishy-washy coward, rolling over for the Dems so they can once again stick it to him and us.

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