I was using the "up or down vote" in a generic sense. I know the Senate votes, for God's sake...didn't fall off the turnip truck this morning.
Once again. From the beginning 99.9% of what I heard was whinning. She is not Brown. She is not Luttig, blah, blah, blah.
I did hear some reasonable objections based on fact and circumstance.
But for the most part, I heard the whinning of a 2 year old child who did not get what his way.
It is not that they objected. It is how they objected. IMHO, it was no better than the way the dems piss and moan when things don't go their way.
I have a feeling that this was a Wellstone memorial moment for the conservative movement. It has seriously exposed the venality of so-called pundits and experts who did not get their pick for SCOTUS. President Bush puts his total energy on the line every day to advance his programs, and I will always believe that he thought he was making a good choice. Why would he want to cripple himself, or his party?
This bullying of Miers has given great ammunition to the Schumers, Leahys, Kennedys, Clintons, etc of the left.
1) the "up or down" argument is >only< relevant to the Senate vote.
2) I agree there was some whining, but if that's most of what you heard, then you weren't listening very carefully.