[dirtboy]

If Miers truly is an adamant pro-lifer, then Bush is liable to get the very fight this stealth nomination was supposed to avoid, only he'll be going into that fight without much of the conservative base he's just alienated.

First of all, if Miers is truly a adamant pro-lifer, I would hope much of the conservative base comes back into his camp.

And second, she is acceptable to the members of the Gang of 14. If they hold that view, there will be no filibuster. If the Dem contingent bolts, the GOP members will vote with the rest of the party to invoke the nuclear option, and there goes the filibuster.

[kevao]

And second, she is acceptable to the members of the Gang of 14.

But I thought the Gang of 14 would be opposed to extremist, or "outside-the-mainstream" candidates. That is just code for "pro-life."

I seriously doubt the RINO senators would ever have the stones to go nuclear. Really. Why, it would upset the "comity" in the Senate.