[Malesherbes]

I believe that Harriet Miers will be confirmed but at considerable political cost. Once on the Supreme Court, if she does anything other than huddle close to Scalia/Thomas, if she goes squishy like O'Connor, she will do great harm both to Bush and the Republican Party.

[hdstmf]

I give her about two years on the court to get a handle on the
mechanics. Then she will realize the enormous power of her position. Within 5 years she will be using it to further her
social liberalism views on affirmative action, gay agenda, etc. If you like O'Connor, you will love Meirs.

[mosquitobite]

That is my fear too. If she does an O'Connor, you can bet there will be a HUGE rift in the party. I mean, if we're going to have activist judges nominated no matter who is President...why bother voting Republican. Right? Stupid political move on the part of Bush/Rove.

Do we fight the in-fight NOW and hope to have her nomination recalled, or do we fight it AFTER she's on the bench and done irrepairable harm???