Posted on 10/27/2005 5:54:48 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
just breaking!!!!!!!!
This will hurt Bush, but what would have hurt him worse would have been for her to get crucified in those Senate hearings for lack of constitutional knowledge.
This is the right outcome for a mistaken nomination. But how does Bush find a female version of John Roberts?
Female
Impeccable credentials
Thin file/almost no judicial history
Vast, sophisticated knowledge of the constitution
Strict constructionist
And anti-Roe, beneath the surface
That's a tall order.
DA740
"I also agree. The difference between now and in Souter's time is that we have a watchdog conservative media who won't allow the president to hoodwink us into buying a stealth liberal and unqualified jurist. Thank God."
There is also advantage in a Republican majority in congress (although not as much as one might think.)
Zombies eat brains.
Meaning we avoid you.
I used Kristol's name symbolically. And if you don't think folks in that camp have been enormously emboldened-----well, that's just silly.
Uh, no.
You made Bush boss. He gets to pick SC nominees, not you.
This will hurt Bush, but what would have hurt him worse would have been for her to get crucified in those Senate hearings for lack of constitutional knowledge.
This is the right outcome for a mistaken nomination. But how does Bush find a female version of John Roberts?
Female
Impeccable credentials
Thin file/almost no judicial history
Vast, sophisticated knowledge of the constitution
Strict constructionist
And anti-Roe, beneath the surface
That's a tall order.
DA740
That's what I said.
OOPSY....it sure was....LOL
yes....but now it's being given away without a fight by our "leaders." Disgusting.
Senate races have become much closer than House races in recent years (due to incumbent-protection districts). How many GOP senators do you want to lose before the Dems control the Senate again? Even if you have moderates like Chafee, Collins, and Snowe, they do mean the the GOP controls the Senate, and that means a lot of power over committee hearings, floor agenda, etc. It may not seem so recently, but returning the Senate to the Dems would really bollix the works.
I had a similar theory, but it was predicated on Miers actually getting nominated.
My theory was that getting Miers on the court would energize the base and allow someone to run to the right of Bush's record.
I agree that this has rope-a-dope written all over it. The CIA mess has probably helped flip the switch to "fight mode."
Now is the time for ALL HANDS ON DECK, Freepers.
Let's do our part (and we DO have a part) to dig in and FIGHT!
Like Harriet Miers?
You obviously didn't read the entire post. I'm not arguing against ideology. I'm merely pointing out the way this president has conducted himself for 5 years now. He's a stickler for the constitutional role of the presidency. He won't express political or ideological reasons for a judicial nomination. He will stick to their LEGAL philosophy. I'm saying: he believes a conservative LEGAL philosophy will lead to rulings favorable to the conservative agenda. So you're going to hear the very same words from him: this nominee will respect the constitution and will not make law from the bench. THAT is his focus...and I think properly so.
Not true. I adore Roberts and his extraordinary intelligence and he seems firmly grounded as a conservative (albeit not an activist like Scalia).
I was never enthusiastic about Miers; she came across as an Oprah-type. My only consolation is that she might have been a setup all along for someone more openly conservative, but the White House is horrible at politics. If they had much political sense, they would've gone for Janice Rogers Brown in the first place, given that she's got preapproval from the filibuster compromise.
But it won't be. That's not how the Senate works, and it's not how the GOP Senators work.
Actually, this happened because I came out officially against her yesterday, after weeks of a wait-and-see posture. Nobody gets on SCOTUS without Warren_Piece approval.
;)
At this point, he might as well just throw the meanest dog into the ring and let the fight begin.
Doubt it.
From NRO:
THE SENATE [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Ed Henry of CNN says Frist called Bush last night and said the votes weren't there.
That's why there were no hearings.
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