An Odd Choice?
More questions than answers on Harriet Miers.
-- Is the WH more fearful of losing a fight with Dems than losing a fight with conservatives? Brownback (R-KS) and Coburn (R-OK) have both hinted they wanted a conservative with a paper trail. Today's "Blogometer" shows some conservatives wondering what happened to Bush's "Justices like Scalia or Thomas" promise. Would a 1st-term Pres. Bush have made this pick?
-- Harry Reid apparently included Miers on his "acceptable" list. Who's more upset about that news: conservatives or Dems who feel boxed in? BTW, did Reid really signal that Miers is more acceptable than John Roberts?
-- Did the WH also calculate that the Court battles were a distraction to fixing the other problems, not an opportunity to paper over the Katrina and Iraq issues?
-- And then there's the "qualification" argument. With Dems wanting to pounce on the "cronyism" angle in the Bush admin, does allowing for the Cheney precedent (Miers led the search for herself) only feed the Dems an easy talking point? Following the FEMA debacle, Bush reaffirmed his commitment to place competent, qualified people in top posts. In the post-Katrina world, would a paper trail have been such a bad thing? -
"For now at least, the President has distressed his base."
-- FNC's Brit Hume on Harriet Miers, 10/3
Source: http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/hotline
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