[SteveH]

A blog--the Anchoress--predicted Miers was a smokecreen, would not even make it to the hearings. I guess the strategy would be...W tried to get a "moderate" on the bench, the base revolted, so now he has to nominate a "conservative" to please the base. not a bad strategy.

Intriguing...

Remember that Rope-a-Dope Theory? (Anchoress)

http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/10/18/remember-that-rope-a-dope-theory/

[Stellar Dendrite]

im not buying that-- why would you use the rhetoric of the left "sexist, elitist" and also "cynical" etc against your own base if this were merely a head fake?