I have a daughter who is really questioning why she shouldn't be a Democrat. I told her in August to watch in the coming months the debate in the Senate will explain in all over the Supreme Court choice. It will clearly define black and white and why Republicans stand for something different. There will be no debate, President Bush saw to that. The lines are becoming so blurred I am becoming to be at a loss to what to tell her now. We aren't standing for those principles the party once did. The party has been taken over and the Meirs is most likely the nail in the coffin.
I've seen no indications that the WH put out the "story".
O.K., so Krauthammer is against her, too. That's a surprise. The piling-on continues. I think we need to keep our eyes on the ball, here. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to have faith that the Senate will get through a openly conservative nominee. I've seen best case scenarios of a 50-50 split with Cheney casting the deciding vote. That's pretty tight. And that's assuming there is no filibuster or the Republicans can actually get together and change the rules (not something I would exactly consider a "lock" either). The most important thing in this situation is to get a well-qualified, conservative (which I think we assume is the case) on the bench.