Comments on: Buchanan: Miers Withdrawal Saved Bush Presidency

By: DaveD

DaveD — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:27:13 +0000

No I'm not. I guess my observation comes from talking to neighbors and people at work. In all honesty, the Miers story never was very much a part of anyone's political conversation. Even when it was brought up it didn't create strong feelings one way or another and the talk about that particular issue tended to die out quickly.

By: Hens

Hens — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:10:34 +0000

are you joyner from tsu?

By: DaveD

DaveD — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:53:08 +0000

Well, it may have saved his Presidency in the eyes of the pundits. But I am guessing that- of the current issues - if the average American makes any judgement on the success/failure of the Bush Presidency then it will hinge more on the sense of corruption. This is not any slight to anyone, but I am not sure the guy on the street has a clear understanding of what to the "knowledgeable elite" passes as someone worthy of interpreting the Constitution. But the current Plame-gate outcome and other items like the news today that oil companies are doing very, very, very well in the profit column while the average American is stretching his/her budget to pay for energy does not sit well. I just think that the priorities of the average American may at times differ from those of folks like, well, Pat Buchanan.

By: Boyd

Boyd — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:51:31 +0000

...he can easily get a John Roberts-type nominee confirmed. Well yeah, but it's not like there's a "John Roberts Orchard" where the President can just go pick one off the tree. Finding someone with the Chief Justice's qualifications will be hard enough, but after he or she is identified, they have to be willing to go through the whole confirmation process and serve on the Supreme Court. Finding all of that at the same time may require a Perfect Storm.