This is the last time I am going to respond to you because you are not debating, you are insisting that you are correct because you believe a single article Thomas Sowell wrote.
Who are you to declare whose opinion is "off-base? "
My opinion that Harriet Miers is going to be to the left of Sandra Day O'Connor and just as "flexible" was formed through many hours of personal research and consulting with Constitutional lawyers, Judges and scholars at my GOP club. Nobody who knows anything about the Federal Judiciary thinks this nomination is proper or this nominee is will further the advancement of the Supreme Court.
Why do you think so many people who are ardent supporters of the President and who have sweat blood getting him elected twice are against it? Do you think everybody decided Monday they were going to all gang up on the object of their affection, admiration and respect?
This is bigger than President Bush. It is about the very direction of the Republican Party and future of the United States of America.
In ohter words, you steadfastly refuse to acknowledge the fact that the Dems would filibuster someone like JRB - and the RINOs would not stop them. So you are wrong and Taranto are wrong about having enough votes for confirmation in that there would be no confirmation vote because of a filibuster.
Who are you to declare whose opinion is "off-base? "
Weren't you the one saying you had a right to an opinion? And now, when I express mine, you whine about where I get the right to criticize yours. You can dish it out, but you can't take it. So who is the wimp? Bush? Or you?
My opinion that Harriet Miers is going to be to the left of Sandra Day O'Connor and just as "flexible" was formed through many hours of personal research and consulting with Constitutional lawyers, Judges and scholars at my GOP club. Nobody who knows anything about the Federal Judiciary thinks this nomination is proper or this nominee is will further the advancement of the Supreme Court.
That's your opinion. Considering how little we know yet about Miers, I consider that jumping to a conclusion early on.
But the point stands - someone like JRB would not get a confrimation vote in the Senate as things now stand. And you refuse to confront that reality, as evidenced by your last post - when cornered, you walk away rather than acknowledge the reality.
The Senate Repubicans sandbagged that earlier in the year.
So we need to get what conservatives we can into the court. There is a reason Bush wins elections and the pundits and think-tankers haven't been elected. And you have to win elections to nominate someone.