[Paloma_55]

The question is "why?" You've got 55 Republicans in the Senate,..

Make that about 48 Republicans and 7 RINOs. That makes it a VERY weak majority. At least five of the RINOs will vote with the 'Rats against any judge who can be proven to be conservative.

Ok..lets repeat this with some bold font!!!

Make that about 48 Republicans and 7 RINOs. That makes it a VERY weak majority. At least five of the RINOs will vote with the 'Rats against any judge who can be proven to be conservative

Anyone want to dispute this?

Anyone doubt John (The Traitor) McCain would bolt if Janice Rogers Brown was nominated?

[Paradox]

At least five of the RINOs will vote with the 'Rats against any judge who can be proven to be conservative

Exactly. So what do you do, nominate a "sure thing" well known and pedigreed moderate, who you know is gonna screw you at least half the time, if not more. Or do you nominate someone YOU KNOW will be on your side the large majority of the time, but who is unknown and not a judicial blue-blood.

Bush has chosen the latter, here's to hoping it works.(x)

[Sloth]

Make that about 48 Republicans and 7 RINOs. That makes it a VERY weak majority. At leat five of the RINOs will vote with the 'Rats against any judge who can be proven to be conservative.

UH, and that itself is partly Bush's doing, since he throws his support behind RINOs in the primaries. You seem to think that Bush has his hands tied by the presence of the RINOs. The reality is that he likes them.

[kevao]

At least five of the RINOs will vote with the 'Rats against any judge who can be proven to be conservative...Anyone want to dispute this?

Well, if at least five of the RINOs vote against Miers, you will have been proven correct. After all, aren't the pro-Meirs people assuring us that she ain't no Souter, that she really is conservative?

[WestTexasWend]

You nailed it.

There is no CONSERVATIVE majority in the Senate, so none of the stellar conservative nominees stand a chance of being confirmed.

As much as conservatives want to fight this battle, the only ones allowed on the battlefield are members of the Senate, and the GOP majority still hasn't learned to make a fist let alone throw a punch.

Miers wasn't on my list, but it won't take much to beat Sandra Day O'Connor.