"Pragmatic moderate" wing?
Isn't that the bunch that wants to consult foreign law?
I'll bet that right now, there is a heck of a lot of goings on behind the scenes: conference calls; e-mails; power lunches and so forth on this nomination by GOP power brokers. I don't think this nomination has picked up any momentum in the last 10 days---if anything, it's starting to roll downhill. There's a delegation being put together right now to have a "Come to Jesus" meeting with GW, and most likely give him an ultimatum: find a way to dump the Miers nomination, or get served up with scallions and duck sauce.