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I totally agree with your statement. I just finished listening to Rush trying to convince himself the democrats are now running scared. I agree with Rush 90% of the time but this last assessment is just plain wrong.

Miers should have had her day before the judicial committee. That is where her nomination should have ended if it was to be ended.

With Miers withdrawing, the left has been given hope, talking points, and a renewed attack on the religious right. After the 2004 election democrats were hinting by their actions the strategy for 2006 and 2008. They feel, and rightly so, that they did not make the case that the Republican Party was controlled by the religious right. The word "evangelicals" to describe religious Conservatives started almost immediately after the election. The democrats know that the word "evangelical" is not always seen in a favorable light. Now they democrats have been given a gift thanks to the Buchananites, Coulters, Ingrahams, Limbaughs,Wills, and Hannitys. All but Buchanan I respected much until recently. Now they have lost some credibility in my eyes. They got what they wanted and in turn hurt the Republican Party in doing so.

Add to this mess the McCain gang in the senate and this is a disaster.

The best chance to get what they wanted in a Supreme Court nominee may have been killed by the very people who wanted it most.

Bush pushed a judicial Trojan Horse to the gates of the Supreme court, and anti-Miers gang screamed that there was person inside.

"Bush pushed a judicial Trojan Horse to the gates of the Supreme court, and anti-Miers gang screamed that there was person inside."

No, we screamed that there was an unacceptable pro affirmative action and pro abortion nominee inside after Bush drug her into the Conservative camp, saying "trust me."

Miers should have had her day before the judicial committee.

Harriet Miers, herself, chose to withdraw her own nomination ... to avoid the televised humiliation she would have had to endure before the judicial committee.

Perhaps we should all be gracious enough to allow this woman to withdraw with dignity to try to salvage whatever is left of her peach of mind .... I would say that she probably came to a full realization that she was in over her head.

"Miers should have had her day before the judicial committee. That is where her nomination should have ended if it was to be ended"

Exactly, I agree with all else you said as well. But we eat our own and we, like liberals, like to judge, jury and condemn in the court of public opinion.

President Bush knew this person. For us to criticize him over it gives the liberals confirmation in their opinion of Bush. If I were a Democrat, I would be having a field day with this. "Not only am I right, but now the Conservatives agree; bush is wrong for America".

I think too many people on here are speaking about a rift in the Republican Party that doesn't exist in a lot of places including my State of Oklahoma.

After reading this thread and reading her speech from 1993, she should never have been nominated IMHO. I would have preferred to see her in the Judicial hearings but I think she realized that she could not get through them. Her religious background is not at issue here IMHO and shouldn't be brought into the discussion.

Some folks on here should quit listening to the 3rd party types that want to split the party. Fortunately they are not out here in the grassroots and are not representative of what I see in my state.

When the next nominee goes forward and is conservative, we will find out who the disruptors are and who were sincere in their belief that she was not the best candidate for the SCOTUS. In fact, I don't see how anyone could say she was the best candidate, but then I haven't figured out why we need a woman to fill that position since O'Connor used to be the only woman on the SCOTUS until Gingsberg. I want the best person for SCOTUS.