This is disgusting on so many levels. I just checked my Constitution and there is no provision for Advice and Consent from Canadian magazine column writers. NRO has lost their mind and they are living in their own little echo chamber.
Somebody needs to knock some sense into them.
Is Bill Buckley anywhere to be found? Hey Bill, the kids are destroying your 50th Anniversary-- maybe they need to be grounded for a while.
Duh, that's why he's circulating a petition. If he had the power to block the nomination on his own, he wouldn't need a petition, now would he?
NRO has lost their mind and they are living in their own little echo chamber.
National Review is the voice of the mainstream Republican establishment. You can accuse them of a lot of things, but fringism isn't one of them.
In fact, there's no way you can spin this conservative opposition as anything other than genuine opposition. If it came from only one or two corners, you might be able to get by with a few ad hominem contraptions that you pull out of your behind (oh he's just bitter; oh he's just jealous; oh, he's just a malcontent). But when it comes from such a vast array of conservatives, guess what - you'll have to deal with the actual points they make if you want any credibility at all.
I know that you've been coddled for so long, being able to hide behind Bush's name to defend everything he does. But it's a new world now for you, now that he's taken things one step too far. Best you learn to adapt.