Graham and Brownback were the two RINOs who first demanded that Bush and Miers violate the Attorney Client privilege to get their vote for Miers.
Anyone with an I.Q. larger than there shoe size knows NO PRESIDENT WOULD EVER ALLOW A NOMINEE TO VIOLATE THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
If McCain ever makes a sharp turn, Grahams nose will break off in his a$$. The goal of McCain and Graham is to destroy George Bush so they can make the case that taking the Republican party left and nominating McCain/Graham in 2008 is the only way to stop Hillary.
AS far as Graham and McCain are concerned the sacrifice of the Supreme court is nothing compared to them getting the Republican nomination in 2008.
Calling Brownback a RINO is beyond the pale. He's a real conservative
Anyone with an I.Q. larger than there shoe size knows NO PRESIDENT WOULD EVER ALLOW A NOMINEE TO VIOLATE THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
I totall agree with you on that point.
Graham and Brownback asked, with differing motives, for something that the POTUS could not give and hence gave him an escape hatch vis a vis this nomination.
Graham is one of the two biggest RINOS in the senate.
As much as I (sometimes) dislike Lindsey he's not even fifth on the RINO meter.
The top 4 RINOs are, in order, Chafee, Snow, Collins, and then Specter.
I'm not quite sure how to interpret that comment but my view is that both are RINOs and both have presidential ambitions and both don't want to upset the conservative side of the party.
But given that they also really don't want to put any hard-line conservative judges on the Supreme Court. The best way for them to accomplish both of those goals is to keep George Bush off balance and not sure that he can push a real conservative through the Senate. That gives us mushy candidates like Meirs who both McCain and Graham would have voted for.
The situation has now changed and we are very likely to see a solid conservative nominee of the type that Graham and McCain in their heart of hearts want to vote against. But they can't because to do so would make them wildly popular with the Dems (the love they seek) but would destroy any chance either had for a presidential bid. The presidency is number one. They will both fold and vote for Bush's nominee. You can count on it.