[governsleastgovernsbest]

If she withdraws it will be because she didn't have conservative support. A truly conservative replacement would have such support, and would unify the party.

[johnmecainrino]

A true conservative couldn't get through this senate.

You need 60 votes to have a majority in the senate. We don't have those votes thus we are at the mercy of Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer.

[ekwd]

The problem is that those "truly conservative" lawyers/pundits leading the opposition have descended to Ralph Neas/People For The American Way level of tactic's selective leaks including insinuations of criminality. Assuming, for the sake argument, that the Miers nomination is withdrawn, I hope he nominates Alberto Gonzales and very publicly reminds the Federalist Society that they are not president, he is.

[southernindymom]

Thanks, I hope so

[alancarp]

IF a withdrawel of her nomination happens, then the White House will have been placed into a position of the Conservatives' own making. And we'd better darn well be ready for battle. That includes fighting against (1) The gang of 14 -- particularly the RINOs in that group; (2) the filibuster/cloture rules; and (3) the general lack of Senate backbone, which actualy includes some of the people who have been "concerned" about the Miers nomination in the first place.

And all of THAT is even before we can hope to defend the record and the opinions of a next nominee. I am sure the President assumed in nominating Miers that the Senate wasn't up to the challenge of anything more difficult. Given the previous track records, I can't fault him for that (heck, he can't even get anyone to take Social Security seriously). So if we ultimately get what we asked for, then we had better be ready to prove him wrong. If not, then the liberals truly already run this country.

[McGavin999]

If she withdraws it will be because she didn't have conservative support. A truly conservative replacement would have such support, and would unify the party.

Except for the gang of 14 of course, and after JRB is Borked, then what?