[rcrngroup]

With all due respect to Mr. Fineman, this is the dumbest bit of political analysis I've seen in a long time. I am not aware of a single religious leader who has in any way objected to the Miers nomination or called it an "affront" to religious people. I know a great many religious conservatives, and not a single one of them adopts this view.

I'm not a fan of Newsweek or Howard Fineman by any means, but Tony Perkins, Gary Bauer and Phyllis Schafly are major evangelicals who are withholding their support of Harriet Miers or opposing her. Bush's ill-advised nomination of Miers has created a deep schism in the Republican Party, whereby conservatives and evangelical Christians are now pitted snarling and attacking each other. Thanks GWB, for your role in creating chaos, division and disarray in the Republican Party!

[Grampa Dave]

Spoken like a true Rino, ready to stab GW in the back at the drop of a hat.