Newsday.com: Bush's pick faces a revolt by the right
I know, it's old news. But the interesting thing is it has no sign of abating. In fact, every day that goes by, it gets worse.
Can anyone imagine Meirs being confirmed? Bush simply does not have (any more) the political muscle to enforce party unity, and in the absence of that it is hard to see how Miers can get 50 votes in the Senate. In fact, this one could go down in Committee. Yet, can anyone imagine Bush withdrawing the nomination? If he does, even he has to know that he might as well go back to Crawford for the next three years.
DeLay, Frist, Rove. And Meirs.
We are watching a slow motion trainwreck.
Friday, October 14, 2005
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This is going to be very interesting to watch -- a President who takes pigheadedness to an extraordinary level out of some crazy fear of being considered a waffler, and a Supreme Court candidate that is about as far off the mark as could be imagined. The only possible solution for the Administration is for Cheney to take matters into his own hands and convice Miers to "volunteer" to step aside. Otherwise, it'll be like watching Pearl Harbor with the benefit of a time machine.
Rob
Bill, I've changed my mind about this. I'm guessing that Bush will -- for the first time ever -- change course and withdraw Miers' nomination. They put her up there knowing that her nomination would make her a laughingstock. They'll substitute another very conservative judge (the person they wanted all along), and the rest of the country will be so relieved at not having to consider such an obviously unqualified Justice that the new person will get confirmed.
Rob
My goodness, but you ARE cynical! I don't see Bush admitting that he is withdrawing the nomination, but it is possible that Miers will "decide that, for the good of the nation" she will withdraw herself. It mnight even be true.
Anyway, I think you (again?) give Bush/Rove too much credit by supposing Harriet was always just a stalking horse. Bush was genuinely blind-sided by the reaction.
I honestly don't know what Bush will do Miers goes down. He's too weak to get the conservatives' sweethearts through the Senate, but it's hard to believe he'll go up against his base again. We could be looking at a genuine impasse around all of this.
We will survive, though.
Bill, I don't know about giving the Dynamic Duo too much credit in this instance. Desperate times and all that....These guys really want to pull a rabbit out of the hat, and doing something totally unexpected may be the only way to achieve that.
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