I bet all those knives sticking out of George Bush's back hurt like hell.
GWB's pain right now is from tripping over both of his left feet and not being able to steady himself with his hamfists. He did this while shooting himself in the foot at the same time he was blowing a great big raspberry to the conservative base. Of course, Harriet was there the whole time gushing that he was just, like so totally COOL!
So basically because the President has an (R) by his name we are required to support his every action?
If what you care about is supporting the President out of personal loyalty, then I guess supporting Miers is the right call. If you care about the conservative agenda, then we should oppose Miers and try to get a known orignalist on the bench who will support us on property rights, gun rights, stopping affirmative action, etc.
If the RINOs and the Dems manage to block all such nominees, so be it. But we shouldn't surrender to them without a fight.