[ken5050]

Thanks for posting..it's fun to look back..

Re the Miers nomination..of late I'm starting to come to the conclusion that the whole thing was planned,a strategery..to energize the conservative base and force/dare them to support the next nominee (Alito)..here's why. Miers is obviously a smart, rational, and intelligent woman. without any pretense whatsoever. Why do I say this?..simply because if she wasn't that way, she would not long survive in W.'s inner circle..Miers was involved in the selection, vetting, and coaching of many Circuit Court nominees as well as having a big role in getting Roberts through the hearing. So there was no way in the world that she, a rational being, having seen the process so up-close and personal; could have ANY thought that she would survive the SJC..Therefore, she was a decoy..

[new yorker 77]

I hope you are right, but I think we need to absorb the pain.

President Bush thought the lady who helped reshape the federal bench by lining up appointments would make a good Justice. He was wrong. His decision was a bad one. It pains conservatives to think this, but it would be better for us to understand that it is more likely that President Bush made a mistake and corrected it rather than this Machiavellian move.