"The President really needs to cut his losses now or there is going to be long-term damage to the party."
Caused by the party itself. All the president did was nominate someone he believed in, someone he knows far better than any of her detractors. That's his perogative. He was the one elected, not these litttle POed talking heads and arm-chair quarterbacks. You know, the ones who stand to do long term damage to the party.
If she is not acceptable, she will be voted down. That's the way it works. The truth that so many here ignore is the majority of people of both parties are undecided until they hear from her in the confirmation hearing, me included. All this knee-jerk negativity is nothing but DU inspired drivel. The preident didn't nominate an well known activist so it's not good enough.
Admittedly, I have a different opinion of FR since Miers nomination was announced. When some people here argue against her, they spin the facts and plain old make crap up like kool-ade drinking liberals. The only difference between some FReepers and DUers is ideology. The tactics, hyperbole and rhetoric are the exact same.
"Caused by the party itself."
This is entirely Bush's fault. The one thing he wasn't supposed to stab his base in the back over was supreme court nominations. On this one issue, it was implicit that he would stand up and fight - be political in other words.
Well, I stand corrected. It's also the fault of conservatives for nominating this guy in the primaries in the first place.
Let's not make the same mistake with Jeb, hmmkay? Here's the lesson: Bush = bad. We just bring it on ourselves.
"He was the one elected, not these litttle POed talking heads and arm-chair quarterbacks. You know, the ones who stand to do long term damage to the party."
Riiiiiiiiight! Those little "POed talking heads" you are referring to would be Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, George Will, et al. Yeah, they don't know what they are talking about. BUT YOU have it all figured out!!!