[empirekin768]

"Miers has a fine record and certainly meets any qualification posed by the Constitution."

Great, half the people on here (base voters all) expect more than the minimum requirement out of a SCOTUS associate justice from a Republican president. Now believe me, they're not going to suddenly start diminishing their expectations and fall in love with the wisdom of the pick. That is short of discovering Miers wrote several distinguished volumes on natural rights and constitutional law under a pen name. If the WH had an argument that would content the discontented among us, we'd have heard it by now.

So in light of that, what are you going to do about it? The Bush administration's position is to win the argument at all cost. I don't think this is a remotely sensible course for the administration to take. I don't mean to hammer you, but really the political situation relative to the division of the base, is now critically more important than the nominee herself. But this is a foreign notion to most Miers advocates. They want to fight their brothers and win the day for Bush. I and others on the other hand, want to win the 2006 election over the Democrats.

[tennmountainman]

"But this is a foreign notion to most Miers advocates. They want to fight their brothers and win the day for Bush. I and others on the other hand, want to win the 2006 election over the Democrats"

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Bush has pulled out the stops on this nomination.
Why didn't he pull out all the stops against the Gang Of 14? He's willing to fight a just and necessary war in Iraq, but is not willing to lay the Gauntlet down on Senate democrats and a couple of RINO's

[justshutupandtakeit]

There is no "minimum" requirement in the Constitution. Even Anti clowns could be nominated.

The "expectations" you speak of have no basis in reality since the expecters DON'T KNOW anything about ANY of these people. They just THINK they know because a pretty blond gives her approval or Rush bestows his stamp of approval. They just follow the crowd in its conventional wisdom.

Fighting Bush is NOT going to hurt the RATS it will help them. Those claiming to be the "base" are, for the most part, anything but. They are a minority even here and a tiny minority in the whole scheme of things yet arrogant enough to believe THEY know more about this than the President. Some have NEVER been supporters of the President and never will be. Some are critical of EVERYTHING he does while pretending to be supporters.

Those who are actual supporters of the President do not believe they have veto power over nominees. They actual trust the man.

Resisting those who would undermine the President and substitute unconstitutional methods, i.e. opinion polls, in this process are not "originalists" by any means. Countering the distortions, lies and viciousness of the Antis is vitally important to strengthening the party against the RATS. Allowing a tiny minority of extremists to take it over assures a gigantic defeat in the future. It is NOT going to be allowed to happen without some of us resisting.