Conservatives Appeased

It appears that Conservatives across the country have been appeased as Harriet Miers has withdrawn herself from consideration.  Thus ends a sad and unfortunate episode that saw an unlikely coalition of mainstream conservatives and anti-Bush leftists unite in criticism of Mr. Bush's nominee.  Perhaps she should not have been nominated and perhaps the right was appropriately disappointed by her selection.  Nonetheless, there was something about the whole event that left many of us with a bad taste.  I wish Ms. Miers the best and I hope that she doesn't take personally the attacks levelled at her over the past several weeks.  It was only Washington politics.

Going forward, given the reaction of mainstream conservatives to the stealth nominee, I expect that President Bush will nominate someone to start a real fight in the Senate.  Maybe such a fight would be a good thing to eradicate the malaise that has set in on this Administration.

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Comments

[Nurse William]

I am one of those conservatives who vigorously opposed the Miers nomination. Not out of hatred of the President, and not out of meanness of heart. I opposed her because her record contradicted her long before she ever got this far. Her pro-choice, feminist, and latent-liberal behavior betrayed her.

President Bush had a golden opportunity to nail the Democrats to the wall by nominating a constitutionalist. He squandered it. If we are angry at him, he brought it on himself. Maybe this will be the wake-up call he needed. I certainly hope so.

But I agree with you on the point that this has been a saddening fight. Perhaps, too, this will cause the Republican Party to return to the principles upon which we were founded. Time will tell.

[Matthew]

Nurse William, you make a good point when you say perhaps this will cause the GOP to return to its principles. Between the twin setbacks of the Miers' nomination and the overwhelming costs of the Katrina bailout, it seems as if Conservatives have been energized like they haven't been in some time.