Comments on: Conservatives Split Over Harriet Miers

By: Borlos

Borlos — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:11:23 +0000

Has Frank Luntz circulated a memo yet on how we should pitch the Miers candidacy? I am assuming, if we just continue to harp on about what "good character" she has, she'll sail through. "Character" is a nice, vacuous word that people associate with judges. As long as we repeat it enough, liberal opposition will undoubtedly succum to our will.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:26:19 +0000

The Miers Chronicles: 10/5

Today's round-up of the latest on the Miers nomiination. Polipundit does some nominee daydreaming Thinking about 30 years of intellectual firepower on the Court Captain Ed wonders if religion will prove a hinge for Miers Well, it certainly won't make...

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:17:54 +0000

I keep seeing the word 'unqualified' tossed around like it was cannon.

Dare I ask, on what basis is she unqualified?

By: Dodd

Dodd — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:10:21 +0000

I must say, the endorsement from my old Con Law prof (Kmiec) is a pretty powerful antidote to my own concerns about Miers. Prof. Kmiec is no slouch in such matters and, perhaps more importantly for ill-at-ease conservatives, is a committed and principled strict constructionist. I tend to doubt Bush's game here is so deep that he's chosen a conscious strategy of getting liberals to use up all their powder defeating one of his nominees (as they are clearly slavering to do, no matter the justification) and thus pave the way for a younger, more obviously qualified but also more obviously conservative nominee they'd be hard-pressed politically to deny after defeating one. But, hey, if that's his game, who better to play sacrificial lamb than someone who's intensely loyal to him?

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:37:26 +0000

I'm not sure he truly cares about the judiciary, except insofar that it's an obstacle to his policy preferences.

Always happy to record the times when JJ and I are in 100% agreement.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:24:31 +0000

Parties Conflicted Over Miers Nomination

President Bush's decision to make White House counsel Harriet Miers his second Supreme Court no

By: Crist.tv - Political Blog » Blog Archive » Conservatives Split On Miers

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:39:53 +0000

[...] But, others even suggest a grand master plan to force the Democrats to use all of their energy in defeating her or approve an unqualified nominee. There is a certain delicious irony here. Enough of the president’s usual allies are concerned that the nominee could be defeated if the Democrats unite against Miers. Yet, while that would be a short term political victory, it is almost inconceivable that a follow-on nominee would be more to their liking than Miers. So, they will have to fight to get her confirmed or risk having her followed by a much more likely conservative that they would be hard-pressed to defeat. [...]