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2005-10-27 Home Front: Politix

Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination

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Posted by Steve 2005-10-27 09:03|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Props to Miers for doing the right thing.

Posted by DMFD 2005-10-27 09:10|| 2005-10-27 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 I found the Miers nomination rather curious. She did not really seem like a viable candidate from many perspectives. Makes me wonder if there was something else behind it. A compliment to a faithful friend? A smokescreen for another nominee? Deeply laid Rovian plots?

Posted by SteveS 2005-10-27 09:23|| 2005-10-27 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "Deeply laid Rovian plots?"

Wheels within wheels! This has to be all part of the "PLAN"!

/JoeMendiola

Posted by Beanie 2005-10-27 09:27|| 2005-10-27 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Krauthammer laid this path out - wiser minds took it. Good. Now nominate Rogers Brown or Luttig

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-27 10:01|| 2005-10-27 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 What makes you think any of them would want to be nominated, after watching Roberts get his adoption records looked at by the Press and Miers get attacked by her own side?

Posted by Phil 2005-10-27 10:15|| 2005-10-27 10:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Good. The lack of any record made me nervous.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-27 10:30|| 2005-10-27 10:30|| Front Page Top

#7 I knew she was dead when the Powerline guys, who made it clear that they would be happy should she withdraw, started defending her against unfair accusations. It's always bad news when the people who don't like you feel it necessary to jump to your defense.

Posted by 2b 2005-10-27 10:58|| 2005-10-27 10:58|| Front Page Top

#8 So, who are you going to get. The Senate Republicans which are dependent upon RINOs have shown no stomach for a fight, so I can't see any of the much promoted names getting a floor vote, now that the 'base' has wounded their president. The RINOs aren't going to risk their seats for the man. As you sow, so shall ye reap. Better stealth than none at all. Now you'll get none.

Posted by Whomolet Glomoque9258 2005-10-27 11:25|| 2005-10-27 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Yup - that's my take on it too.

And the pity is that the whole point of Miers was her exposure to the challenges of fighting the war on terror. Shortsighted to have killed the possibility of that on the court, folks. See today's note about Padilla etc.

Posted by anon 2005-10-27 11:29|| 2005-10-27 11:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Two words - "Justice Coulter". (J.D. Univ. Mich., editor "The Michigan Law Review", corp. lawyer, founder local chapter Federalist Society, track record as a rock solid conservative, and capable of making Senate Dems cry like babies at her nomination hearings).

Posted by DMFD 2005-10-27 11:57|| 2005-10-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm sure she'll piss off half the Republicans as well, and each half of the Republican party that helped kill the Miers nomination thinks they're solely responsible.

(Many of the arguments pitted against Miers count just as much against Coulter... she hasn't been a judge or a professor, for instance... and has much less of a record as far as actually practicing LAW instead of being a run-your-mouth-off on TV-news pundit. Bah, humbug.)

Posted by Phil 2005-10-27 12:54|| 2005-10-27 12:54|| Front Page Top

#12 I wonder if Coulter would be the first Justice to pose in their annual picture wearing a mini-robe.

Posted by Elminemble Whuse3187 2005-10-27 13:40|| 2005-10-27 13:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Coulter nomination => Hillary as Pres. At least Hillary is disiciplined about how/when she runs her mouth.

Posted by seer 2005-10-27 13:45|| 2005-10-27 13:45|| Front Page Top

#14 MSM bias alert - this is an odd headline to run when the candidate withdraws her name:

AP - Bush Abandons Push for Miers Nomination

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-10-27 15:14|| 2005-10-27 15:14|| Front Page Top

#15 WG summed it up in #8. A classic pyrrhic victory.

Posted by .com 2005-10-27 15:30|| 2005-10-27 15:30|| Front Page Top

#16 disgree politely. Rogers-Brown or Luttig or several others could and would pass the test, albeit a nasty one. The Dems have guaranteed that anyone right of Bader Ginsburg is unacceptable, sobeit. Time to take the fighton and quit pussyfooting. Nominate a great justice and take a cattle prod to the RINOs

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-27 16:15|| 2005-10-27 16:15|| Front Page Top

#17 I would love to see it, Frank. And I mean love it. The Senate Pubs are the worst handled bunch of prima donnas I've ever seen. There are some great ones, but there sure is a sizable contingent of gutless turds, too. Frist is totally ineffective.

At this point, I guess they having nothing to lose. If they don't, the next three yrs will be wasted.

Posted by .com 2005-10-27 16:23|| 2005-10-27 16:23|| Front Page Top

#18 Frank, if the conservatives are unwilling to fall on their sword for their president why the hell should a RINO fall on his for one of the named lawyers or judges they want? A RINO looking after his own seat and power isn't going to worry about the power of the president now that his own faction has wounded that same man. Any threats to their position in the Senate would only give the RINOs more negotiating power with the Dems. And its all about power. The Republican cattle prod is out of juice.

Posted by Whomolet Glomoque9258 2005-10-27 16:49|| 2005-10-27 16:49|| Front Page Top

#19 I think all of you are wrong. I believe Harriet Miers was a stalking horse, used by Bush to discover who his friends and enemies were. The chattering of all classes has proven beyond a doubt that there are many "conservative" members of both parties that wear the mantle, but don't walk the walk. I'm sure Rove has been busy digging dirt on all the whiners and complainers. When Bush nominates someone like Luttig or Batchelder (the choice of the folks at the Ashbrook Institute), the president will have all the ammunition he needs to see he gets his choice. Bush is a poker player, and is supposedly deadly at Texas Hold-em. I think he just bluffed, and won.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-10-27 17:24|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-10-27 17:24|| Front Page Top

#20 Close. When the senate votes down the next candidate and the nuclear option fails, Bush will be able to tell the conservatives to STFU when hes sends up daughter of Harriet.

Posted by Elmemble Shomotch9889 2005-10-27 17:37|| 2005-10-27 17:37|| Front Page Top

#21 The problem with the poker analysis if conservatives had to have antied up. Some did, and lost. Those that didn't want what they want but, they refused, and rightfully so, to go along with the game.

Now, Bush hopefully realizes when conservatvies mean conservatvies for the bench, they are serious.

This is more of a signal that conservative support is dependant on Bush respecting conservatives and their agenda. Playing to the left won't get your man ( or woman ) confirmed.

Posted by badanov 2005-10-27 18:02|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-10-27 18:02|| Front Page Top

#22 I'll miss seeing her eye make-up, that thick black line of eye liner really made her a sight to see. Ma-scary-ia

Posted by Captain America 2005-10-27 19:03|| 2005-10-27 19:03|| Front Page Top

#23 What I care about in this is the ability of presidents to fight terrorism and all of the related hostilities that will be coming down the pike for the next decade+.

Yes, SCOTUS matters a lot. Kelo was a disaster as are other recent rulings - not to mention the invocation of international law.

But be very careful how you fight this battle you all want to fight. Bush has been playing along with the RINOs because he has been getting, by and large, what he has asked for on the WOT.

Posted by anon 2005-10-27 20:31|| 2005-10-27 20:31|| Front Page Top

#24 Frank, if the conservatives are unwilling to fall on their sword for their president why the hell should a RINO fall on his for one of the named lawyers or judges they want?

Conservatives have fallen on their sword a number of times (The President's failure to veto spending bills, support of RINOs like Specter, etc.). Guess the Supreme court pick is the line in the sand.

Posted by Pappy 2005-10-27 21:15|| 2005-10-27 21:15|| Front Page Top

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