[nerdgirl]

Harriet Miers stands as the only nominee on Bush’s list which has any chance of confirmation by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The reasons for this are numerous, and would be embarrassing to the Conservative movement should one or many of the ‘stars’ who we hoped Bush would select be shot down in Committee

Yeah, the last week has been smooth as silk - no embarrassment whatsoever to the party or the conservative cause.

A good borking might have been less disastrous.

[pieces of time]

Do you want a fight or a borking or do you want a Justice that's going to be confirm able and on the Court fulfilling the promise Bush made? There is the "right" to die case and two abortion cases coming up. Bush wants Miers on the court by Thanksgiving. SHE then gets to decide instead of O'Connor. Miers knows the Constitution that's what she's been dealing with in the WH and Bush knows Miers.

You can bet that the Rats have a library on all of the possible conservative candidates and what they don't have they'll make up as with Thomas. Roberts made them look like the fools they are. Besides, there is the assumption that the other conservative candidates want to go through all the crap that Owens, Brown, Estrada, etc. We don't know how many privately declined.

Take a look at what's happening with Delay, Rove, Libby and now Freeh.

The least we can do is give Miers a hearing before blasting her and Bush. Miers could be Bush's best strategy yet.