[Republican Red]

1) Owens is a team player who slipped up. - Then why is she leaking info to the press against the White House and now going through friends of friends to get the message out? Doesn't sound like a team player to me.

2) The White House had a plan to implant a moderate SC nominee. - The confirmation hearings will shed a light on that to me, not a FR poster. All signs show that she is a very conservative woman.

3) Dobson was used by the White House - Dobson put his two cents in without being prepared. It was his interview with Brit Hume that set off the Dobson firestorm. Unless you believe Brit was set up or helped set up Dobson?

4) The White House plan of dis-information was busted. - Disinformation is where it has always been - the media. As I stated earlier, NRO reported before the Miers nomination that their sources said Owens took her name out of contention. Are their sources correct now or then? They report rumors, you decide.

[F16Fighter]

"1) Owens is a team player who slipped up. - "Then why is she leaking info to the press against the White House and now going through friends of friends to get the message out? Doesn't sound like a team player to me."

After watching the House of card crumbling down on Miers, maybe she had second thoughts and became embarrassed to have compromised on her principle and lie about her true intentions.

) The White House had a plan to implant a moderate SC nominee. - "The confirmation hearings will shed a light on that to me, not a FR poster. All signs show that she is a very conservative woman.

"All signs"?? Like her friendship with Dubya? OR the "sign" that she's a "Christian"? There aren't nearly nearly enough "signs" that she'll vote "conservatively." Sorry.

3) Dobson was used by the White House - "Dobson put his two cents in without being prepared. It was his interview with Brit Hume that set off the Dobson firestorm. Unless you believe Brit was set up or helped set up Dobson?"

Dobson believed what he was told. Brit was merely doing his job.

4) The White House plan of dis-information was busted. - "Disinformation is where it has always been - the media. As I stated earlier, NRO reported before the Miers nomination that their sources said Owens took her name out of contention. Are their sources correct now or then? They report rumors, you decide."

The media had nothing to do with spinning this. The White House set the table beforehand, never expecting the firestorm of dissent.

Surely you don't believe they spontaneously chose Miers at a whim? Assume this has been planned for some time.