[Mount Athos]

You defeat and humiliate the Miers opponents, you defeat yourself. It's a complete mystery to me, how any conservative would think Miers (who no one even really knows) is worth fracturing the coalition, sowing animosity in the ranks and alienating millions of your strongest supporters...all this for the possibility she might be alright.

Well put, I don't understand it either.

[empirekin768]

Thanks. I guess it's just Bush personally. We've all become somewhat accustomed to defending him against unreasonable criticism. Perhaps it's just an axiomatic reaction for some, irrespective of whatever he actually does. Or, it's the pure faith he appealed to. But, note someone mentioned Nixon. Nixon had about 20% support at time of resignation. Perhaps there's an element of the Republican Party that will never question whether the leader is in error, irrespective of how much harm any particular decision has done or is doing.