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realclearpolitics.com ^ | 10/27/2005

[Trust but Verify]

Aren't you all happiness and sunshine.

[JLS]

Miers was killed off by the far right.

Don't blame her withdrawal on the Democrats.
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Not really, the right did not like Miers, but had the Dims all started lining up saying they would vote for her, she never would have been withdrawn. So again I say, if the Dims had wanted someone like Miers, they should have gotten on board. They did not and they may not like what they get as her replacement.

That is the risk the Dims took by not immediately coming out in favor of her when the right started objecting to her. Maybe this withdrawal will damage the president enough as they hope to make it worthwhile to them. But only time will tell.

[flashbunny]

Sykes, Diane S.

Born 1957 in Milwaukee, WI

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nominated by George W. Bush on November 14, 2003, to a seat vacated by John L. Coffey; Confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 2004, and received commission on July 1, 2004.

Education:
Northwestern University, B.S., 1980

Marquette University Law School, J.D., 1984

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Terence T. Evans, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1984-1985
Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1985-1992
Judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin, 1992-1999
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1999-2004

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Female

[Paulus Invictus]

I like the idea of Ted Olson.

[Dawgreg]

I have to agree........I'm not too keen on him being AG, but oh well.

[Dawgreg]

Gotta love Ted

[sinkspur]

Not really, the right did not like Miers, but had the Dims all started lining up saying they would vote for her, she never would have been withdrawn.

Well, I disagree. If every Democrat had supported Miers, she still would have been withdrawn because of the railing on the right.

She got no support from any GOP Senator, and the only voices in the press were the screamers, like David Frum.

[KMJames]

Do you think Bush IS NOT a conservative?

[eastsider]

Are you saying that Bush is not a conservative?

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Sometimes, but I am on target with accurate posts nearly all the time.

My point I made is not arguable even if the fan club members of George disagree. It is a very bitter pill to swallow, but it is not refutable--George Bush is NOT a conservative, and this is why he failed to nomnate a TRUE CONSERVATIVE by choosing Roberts and Miers.

[YaYa123]

very helpful thread..thank you.

[JohnnyZ]

She got no support from any GOP Senator

Clearly those right-wing ultra-conservatives in the Senate doomed her nomination.

[Tribune7]

You really like Edith Brown Clement :-)

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Bush is a Republican (like Chafee, Snowe, Hagel, DeWine, Collins, and other RINOs), but Bush is NOT a conservative.

Being a Republican is not a free ticket into the conservative society--Bush has proven that.

[HitmanLV]

Ted Olson would be an awesome pick.

[JLS]

She got support from people like DeWine, L. Graham, both the Tx Senators. Had a majority of Dims come out in support of her she would have been confirmed with ease. Heck has there ever been a time when Spector was not with the majority of Dims?