[Ogie Oglethorpe]

The right wing of the party saw this as a tremendous victory, and it expected more as a result. So then they followed up by taking the president to task for the ports deal, and now immigration. They broke up the bonds between the republican congress and the president and the disconnect took away the leadership so everyone scattered to the four winds of their constituent bases.

So, are you saying conservatives would have been happy with Bush concerning the ports deal and immigration if he had put them down on Miers?

Of course not - what you are saying is that conservatives needed to shown their place, or else be kicked to the curb. You just need our votes, money and volunteer hours - why should we expect actual conservative governance as a result?

Sheesh...and Rush wonders why conservatives are disillusioned with the GOP.

As I said, it was the victory that encouraged more of it, and this caught Congress square in the middle.

Damned inconvenient of us to expect Congress to act on the wishes of the voters who put them there... :-)

Congress did as congress-critters do, so when the election came up they ran from the president which has led to the current situation.

They ran from Bush because Bush's approval ratings plummeted, and because they are basically cowards. He makes a principled, unpopular stand on Iraq and the mice begin scurrying from the ship as soon as the going gets tough.

THAT is what Congress-critters do - and again, IMHO, it had nothing to do with Miers.

That is why Miers is related.

I'm glad it makes sense to you - personally, I don't see it.

[OldFriend]

Dubai Ports Deal was all about appeasing the Longshoreman's Union. The ports are full of thugs who could NOT pass a security background check if their lives depended on it.

If you think that's a good thing, they you are uninformed about the FACTS.

Too many jumped on the deal with absolutely NO information at all and will never have the decency to admit they were WRONG.