My Personal Opinion on Bush's choice of Miers and Other Things

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[krazyrep]

I *AM* "rank and file" and I'm not with the President on this one. Sure, I support his pick, but I still think he punted. Republicans will support Miers just because Bush nominated her. Nothing at all wrong with that. But that does not mean Bush did what he was elected to do, and that will haunt Republicans in 2006 and 2008. Many Republicans expressly went to the polls in 2000 and 2004 electing candidates - including Bush - who would finally put an end to Democrat games in the Senate.

But thanks to this pick, President Bush has told the Democrats they are still firmly in control of the confirmation process to the point where a well-known conservative CANNOT be nominated and expect confirmation. There were many other picks equally as good or even better who had unqualified conservative track records and would have appealed to the rank-and-file just as much as Miers does. Meanwhile, the left nominates radical left-wing ACLU lawyers who get confirmed without a peep.

Bush had a chance to end that and he gave in without a fight. Some of the rank-and-file is merely making the best of a bad situation, but there are a lot of others who may be disinclined to vote next time around or could end up helping to split the vote, opening the possibility for not only a Democrat in the White House but a Democrat controlled Senate. Then God only knows what we'll end up with on the Court.

Bush may have won the battle getting another conservative on the Court, but he has done serious damage to the overall cause. He's starting to act like the Senate Republican leadership, and between the two, I think there are going to be much closer races the next time around.

[pollyannaish]

Fair enough.