[counterpunch]

Conservatives like winning and aren't afraid of losing.

If conservatives weren't afraid of losing then why was the White House so timid? Why wasn't Janice Rogers Brown nominated instead?
If conservatives like winning so much then why did Bush throw the game before it even started?

Even if Miers somehow manages to win confirmation, it won't be a clear victory for conservatives. But Democrats will claim it as a victory, because they defanged conservatives, and all they had to do is threaten threatening a filibuster.

[Kryptonite]

Even if Miers somehow manages to win confirmation, it won't be a clear victory for conservatives. But Democrats will claim it as a victory, because they defanged conservatives, and all they had to do is threaten threatening a filibuster.

That's really defeatist, IMO.

It presupposes that Miers isn't really a conservative. You can go ahead believing that all you want. I'll wait for the hearings to judge for myself.