There is no evidence that she will be a reliable conservative vote since it is not at all clear she understands what ‘conservative’ means except in blind loyalty to Bush, who will no longer be at here side. Much more likely is that, if approved, she will fade into obscurity and further damage the right side legal reputation with another incompetent dogmatic ideologue. That would be useless.

The fact is you are as ignorant of Harriet Miers as anyone else. Let’s put it this way; she can’t be much worse than Stevens or Ginsburg. Beyond that, if she’s a reliable conservative vote on the court, fine with me.

I think it is obvious that your logic and your values have taken different roads and are unlikely to arrive in the same place. Abandoning values in the face of practical limits, or making bad choices seem like good ones for the simple reason that one doesn’t want to admit being wrong, sees like a fine way to confuse everyone.

Should all leaders be given the same blind support?

I guess they figure the term of the next Supreme Court justice will be much longer than the remainder of Bush’s presidency.

We have absolutely no reason to believe that Harriet Miers will be, and will CONTINUE to be, what the President claims. She most admires Warren Burger, she displays a love of collegiality (according to Frum), she donated money to Democrats and is well like by them, and she was allegedly pushed by moderate Andrew Card. Why should we think she will be anything other than an easily influenced moderate-especially since Roberts will be new on the Court so the “in group“ will be the liberals?

Rick, the Bush presidency is a means, not an end. If the Republican party is being undone, it is Bush who is undoing it by trying to force it to the center. We have a right and a duty to fight this fabian liberalism, and we are doing a disservice to our movement if we roll over yet again for a country club republican who used us to get elected.

So what if Bush is weakened? HE`S NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION! He has made little effort to advance our agenda anyway. We have to consolidate control of our party. If we continue to allow the centrist drift we will certainly end up with a Rino like McCain.

I agree; the President will not withdraw this nomination. In the end, we have most certainly lost because we are either stuck with a moderate on the court or we will have to oppose her confirmation. This damage was done BY THE PRESIDENT. HE chose to break his word, or at least leave us hanging at a time he could ill-afford it.

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