[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.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I'm ready, willing and able to take on any kind of fight on behalf of a well-qualified originalist nominee.

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then the White House will have been placed into a position of the Conservatives' own making..

You gotta be joking.

This was the White House's doing all the way.

Do you really believe it was conservatives behind the scenes pushing Miers?

The frustrating thing is that this whole thing was so unnecessary. The WH thought itwas being clever, but shot itself in the foot, if not higher up the legs.