Harriet Miers.... the positive case for her is that GWBush knows her well since she has been his personal lawyer when he was Texas governor. He knows she is conservative. He knows her mind. I see the Karl Rove behind this sly calculus
Little paper trail (obviously)
She's a woman (obviously) making it harder for Chucky and the gang to trash her
The unpleasant fact is GWBush's poll numbers are down, thus giving him less leverage over the Donks. Harriet Miers is as good as we can get at this time and place.
Harriet Miers.... the positive case for her is that GWBush knows her well since she has been his personal lawyer when he was Texas governor. He knows she is conservative. He knows her mind. I see the Karl Rove behind this sly calculus
Little paper trail (obviously)
She's a woman (obviously) making it harder for Chucky and the gang to trash her
The unpleasant fact is GWBush's poll numbers are down, thus giving him less leverage over the Donks. Harriet Miers is as good as we can get at this time and place.
I agree with you 150%
The unpleasant fact is GWBush's poll numbers are down, thus giving him less leverage over the Donks.
The numbers are down because of many on this thread obviously.
Brown or Owen would have been confirmed. Both are younger. There would have been a fight, and a filibuster, but Bush would have won after the nuke option. The vote would be close, but who cares? We'd get a younger nominee whose opinions are known. The base would be rallied. Conservatives would be excited.
The Miers nomination is a shot in the dark. She's a decade older than a nominee should be. She has little in the way of a paper trail. She may turn out okay, but who knows? Chuck Schumer has a smirk on his face this morning, as if he bullied the White House and they backed down to avoid fighting him.
I was won over by Roberts, but this nomination looks to be a wasted opportunity to rally the base with a younger established conservative.