He simply did what the rest of the far right has done, and that is to distance himself from the new lame duck.
No amount of sucking up after this will be viewed by the rest of the party as legitimate, so that little strange anomaly is now corrected. I could not figure out his first statements on this nomination and now I know they were not genuine to begin with.
All is back to normal on that front.
I never should have doubted his lack of integrity.
Dobson, Land etal were just being water boys. I've never quite figured out what the payoff is to them, but there at some time will be one at least in their minds. They've been promised something. These guys have embraced a President that will always leave them short of their desired outcomes. I'm not saying that makes Pres Bush a bad President. I'm just saying that if this had been a dem President and had done many of the same things Bush has done, they'd be all over the dem for their actions. These guys have been promised something.
He simply did what the rest of the far right has done, and that is to distance himself from the new lame duck.That is needless provocation. Sniping is so October 26th.