"You're wrong. I think 99% (or more) of those who were opposed to Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers are absolutely ecstatic about President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito. "
The question that needs to be asked is, "why didn't Bush just nominate Alito in the first place?"
Herein lies the strategery. I still contend that nominating Miers was designed to take abortion and religion off the table at the Alito hearings. The RATS didn't complain about Miers pro-life stance so how can they complain about Alito's?
Bush wants this confirmation to be about the law, period. And now he has that fight.
Perhaps Alito didn't want the job initially, but after seeing the firestorm around Miers, he came around.
It has crossed my mind several times that the Miers nomination might have been a "head fake."
People will object that Bush would never do such a thing to a friend. That's true; he wouldn't...but...what if Miers was in on the plan?
Eaxactly! I did'nt like the Miers nom and wanted JRB...we got Alito!! Lets Roll!! Time to kick butt and take names, no more dissention or whining just lock and load! Lets get it done.
"Herein lies the strategery. I still contend that nominating Miers was designed to take abortion and religion off the table at the Alito hearings. The RATS didn't complain about Miers pro-life stance so how can they complain about Alito's?"
There is 0 evidence to support that kind of theory - in fact, all reports were that he was very dissapointed and surprised about Miers.
Herein lies the strategery. I still contend that nominating Miers was designed to take abortion and religion off the table at the Alito hearings. The RATS didn't complain about Miers pro-life stance so how can they complain about Alito's?
Bush wants this confirmation to be about the law, period. And now he has that fight.
I feel really, REALLY good about Alito's nomination this morning, as good as I felt about HM's withdrawal last week. Ever since the election last Nov 2, 2004, we conservatives & Christian evangelicals have had very little to cheer about from Bush or the GOP.
But right now, I'm not very worked up about why Bush didn't nominate Alito in the first place, even though I wish he had (or Janice Rodgers Brown REALLY REALLY would have been great as well). However since you bring up the subject I think it was more or less a bone headed misconception on President Bush's part trying to slip a stealth nominee in and avoid a fight with the DemonRATS. Most conservatives rallied against HM nomination, and thankfully she withdrew and finally we have the constitutional battle with the DemonRAT B@$t@#ds and RINO's that we have needed & wanted for 30+ years.
There's also a very good article in Human Events Online that has a lot of merit as to why President Bush went with Harriet Miers in the first place.
"Misoverestimated-- Just too Clever" http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=9979