White House warns holdouts

U.S.News.com ^ | 10/13/05 | Kenneth T. Walsh

[baystaterebel]

White House officials have a message for conservative Republican senators who have expressed doubt about supporting Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

The West Wing types argue that she will turn out to be just as conservative as President Bush says she is, and voting against her would be an embarrassment over the long term. This message is intended for holdouts including Sam Brownback of Kansas, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.

"If Miers is confirmed and she winds up being what the president says she is, Republican senators who voted against her will look quite foolish," says a GOP insider. This could cause a backlash against these legislators from conservative Bush supporters at the grass roots.

[Chuckster]

I can tell the difference d;^)

[Logical me]

Doesn't matter who President Bush could select, anyone can be a conservative on appearance and their past and be a turn coat. Somewhere we have, as conservatives, trust our President and quit making stupid remarks that it is impossible to be absolute.

[planekT]

go newbie

LOL.

I will make a prediction. Meirs will turn out to be just as conservative as W.

[trubluolyguy]

I was just thinking about this - they'll warn conservative republicans that they have to get on board or else, but they'll coddle the RINOs until the sun goes down.

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The whole reason I am not a Republican anymore. The two most influential and powerful parties in this country are not Liberals and Conservatives....they are Liberals and Socialists. The Liberals just have an "R" next to their names.

[tennmountainman]

At least you are not a name caller.

[alnick]

Are you guys LOOKING to be wounded?

You nailed it.

[baystaterebel]

"By doing so, president Bush has lobbed a grenade at the cohesion and morale of the Republican party."

Actually I honestly think, and am more convinced then ever, that this has more to do with peoples friends within little uppity cliques getting the nomination they are sure they deserved.

And once again, you or anyone else for that matter, has yet to cite a lucid argument as to why she should not be allowed her day in committee.

[syriacus]

Condi Rice is a Bush crony.

[Cboldt]

That is why we have judicial hearings.
What is it about letting the process take its normal course that bothers you?

The hearings can't illuminate the details that are necessary to understand the judicial temperament of Ms. Miers. The hearings will be a show - very little of substance.

That doesn't mean there is something wrong with letting the process play out. My issue is with "politics by stealth" when it comes to seats on SCOTUS.

[flashbunny]

You're probably like me and many others here - conservative first before you ever considered yourself republican.

Like many, I'm getting sick of the Repubicans campaigning like they're small government conservatives and then governing like big government liberals for the most part...and throwing the conservative base they use to get into power a few bones now and then.

However, instead of abandoning the republican party, it's time to take it back. Defund the RNC and give only to conservative candidates directly. Money talks - they'll get the message.

[empirekin768]

Put it all on the line. Let all her opponents destroy themselves."

Well I called it a suicidal impulse, I guess this comment shouldn't surprise me. You want to "destroy" and marginalize the conservative movement because George Bush says it's alright? You want to see everyone from National Review to Rush Limbaugh destroyed, for the sake of a woman who no one knows anything about? You realize Bush can't run again and this formula equals electoral defeat right?

[tennmountainman]

"Are you guys LOOKING to be wounded? I never thought I would see such an overblown VICTIM mentality from a bunch of conservatives. Buck up already"
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Are you guys so scared of a fight with the senate, that you will just give up. You give up so easily on a fight with the senate and the gang of 14, but you go to the mat on a untested nominee. Buck Up!

[trubluolyguy]

You're probably like me and many others here - conservative first before you ever considered yourself republican.

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Yes. Matter of fact, while I will probably never vote third party, I sure as hell am never voting for a RINO or another politician that supports one. If the Repub nominee in '08 is Mcain or Rudy....I'll sit home and watch.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The WH is acting arrogant. I think some true colors are beginning to show.

[jveritas]

Now for your dumb analysis to be true you must wish hard that we do not capture Bin Laden or Zarqawi, get the situation better in Iraq ( it will get much better early next year... ouch...), and even get gasoline prices down. Wish very hard for all this not to happen, and trust me you will have a lot of people in your company doing the same like left wing liberals, their media whores, and some knee jerk conservatives.

[safisoft]

I will make a prediction. Meirs will turn out to be just as conservative as W.

Which is why more and more of us are worried.