[counterpunch]

I give up ... you and all the Pat Buchanan crowd have royally screwed us ... and we won't get a conservative on the bench now

No, the "Gang of 14" screwed us. Bush screwed us. Bill Frist screwed us. Harriet Miers screwed us. And most of all the Democrats screwed us.

Miers isn't a conservative anyways, so we're not going to get one this way anyways.
A senator would get confirmed, and by unanimous consent. That is a guarantee. The Senate is nothing if not an ol' boys club. They'd never oppose one of their own. Harry Reid even stated that before Roberts was nominated. And apparently, we all are taking Harry Reid's advice now...

[Mo1]

Well ... I see I hit a nerve

[maryz]

A senator would get confirmed, and by unanimous consent. That is a guarantee. The Senate is nothing if not an ol' boys club. They'd never oppose one of their own. Harry Reid even stated that before Roberts was nominated. And apparently, we all are taking Harry Reid's advice now...

Didn't Harry Reid suggest Bush name a conservative senator when O'Connor first announced her intention to retire?