Posted on 10/21/2005 10:13:21 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Doomed??? Someone should tell Bush.
Get ready for Alberto Gonzales.
look, bottom line is, she may well be a fine lady. She probably has many of the same values as me and other conservatives. But she has not shown that she has a strong enough intellect to withstand the suasions and appeals to emotion that will be used by her liberal comrades on the bench. There is great temptation for justices to become heady and more liberal once they hold the reins of power (Souter, anyone?). She's too much of a risk.
Do you REALLY think that Bush would be stupid enough to nominate Gonzales if he sees Miers get voted down by his own party?
If I were Bush, here's what I would consider doing: I would not nominate anyone until late next summer just before the Congressional election campaign started.
Then, I would nominate Gonzalez and watch them sweat.
All this is, of course, dependent upon what's on the docket for this term.
Ar-g-g-g-g-g-h!
But seriously, I think that's unlikely.
If W withdraws Miers, it will be in large part because he realized that he cannot afford to alienate his conservative base. Nominating Gonzales on top of Miers would be such a provocation to the right that it would make the rift permanent and in many ways doom the Bush presidency. I'm optimistic that if Miers is withdrawn the next nominee would be much better qualified and more palatable to conservatives.
I don't know who this Tabin fellow is, but I think he is correct.
Ms. Miers is a weak nominee.
If you're right then Bush would be 0 for 2.
Moving on.
Doomed??? Someone should tell Bush.
I am predicting that W will eventually conclude that the Miers nomination is doomed and withdraw it. But even if he decides to see it through to the bitter end, it might still be doomed - it's the Senate, after all, that gets to decide, not W.
Miers will go through. JMO.
Democrats might have concluded that it would be better to back Miers than risk facing a stronger conservative.
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Of course. That is why they were "happy" with Meirs. They see her as a soft spot. An easy touch. Bush really let us down with her selection, in lieu of a STRONG, ESTABLISHED, WELL-KNOWN stand-up CONSERVATIVE.
i don't think there's a dime difference between Miers or Gonzales..........except Gonzales is alot more versed in the constitution and obviously alot smarter. I'm a woman and this is setting back conservative women who like to make it because they are qualified not because they are a friend of the Presidents.
If I were Bush, here's what I would consider doing: I would not nominate anyone until late next summer just before the Congressional election campaign started.
Then, I would nominate Gonzalez and watch them sweat.
Without wishing to offend my fellow FReepers who support Miers, those who agree that the nomination is going down are invited to participate in my pool to guess the date and time of the nomination's withdrawal.
Grand Prize: a Wal-Mart jumbo-sized eraser.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1506652/posts
My theory is he knows--he's just unbelievable cheesed off at her for something. Maybe she badgered him for the appointment. So now he's letting her endure the full humiliation, as punishment.
Good Lord I hope not.
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