Thanks. :-)
I'm still not entirely sure what motivated the President to choose Miers other than in part desire to avoid a fight with Liberals in and out of his Party, but it wasn't typical of his usual operation in that for the big positions G.W.B. picks People like Cheney, Rice, Rummy, Roberts, and Bernancke. He goes for the height of qualifications and schooling specific to the area of nomination that arguably makes them the best choice for the position. Miers was a very odd choice in this respect. She is well qualified for other positions, but not a Supreme Court Justice. Alito is more akin to what I've come to expect from the President.
While I don't think the fight is necessarily all dried up, it is absent. Many of us sense that absence. It's worrisome. Especially in part because for the first part of the year it was evident, even when he was having trouble selling S.S. There's been an abrupt change in the latter part of the year and I don't understand it. I only know it's damaging to his and our agenda and it must be corrected.
I agree prayers are a necessity. Perhaps more so in coming days.
from my observation, (which admittedly is distant and probably inaccurate) it seemed to me that he dropped the ball on that one, thinking that he was pulling another one out of the hat, like roberts, because he knew that she was truly conservative.....he just didn't see the big picture as those of us outside did.
the miers mess upset me greatly, if i may be honest. i couldn't stand watching some of my favorite talking heads behaving so harshly and so loftily. on one hand, i understood...but on another, it sickened me.
who wouldn't be disturbed by EVERYONE turning against you?
picture this...al gore, or worse (?) john kerry, handling all these bombings, the hurricanes, the restructuring of the airlines.....shudder...