Behind the scenes, is there a move to get Miers to withdraw ?

With former speechwriters on C-SPAN denouncing the decision and talk radio going crazy, the pressure is on the White House. Do they continue on this course and suffer the consequences at the polls or do they quietly ask Miers to step down? So far, this has not made it into any public proclamations. However, this is a serious problem for this Administration and the Republican Party. Their base is not happy with this decision. Like Limbaugh said, they believed they had the Democrats on the edge and had the opportunity to shove them over, and then they get this nominee. They are terribly displeased, to say the least. Do not be surprised if you hear these rumblings in the next few days. They do make decisions very quickly.

"Why do we have to wait 10 years?" in response to ? who told him something like, In 10 years you'll see that it was a good decision.

"We don't know enough about her" yet it was ok for Roberts, Gonzales et al to NOT answer any questions.

Harry will spoil all the fun.

Jon Stewart had a great comeback, never ask someone addicted to oxycontin to wait 10 years!

...in response to Rush's question, something to the effect that patience is not considered a virtue when you're an Oxycontin addict.B-)

pro bush
pro GOP
fundie church
anti-choice
anti gun control

. . . designed to deflate liberal opposition. Expect the Republicans to coalesce around Miers within a week or so. By then, about a third of the Democrats in the Senate, lulled into a stupor by supposed "infighting" among Republicans, will already be gushing about how great a nominee she is, and how excited they are to confirm her.

Roe V. Wade is history, if she gets on the SC.

and they simply do not trust her? Or they no longer trust George W Bush after he said, "You're doing a heckuva job Brownie..."

I'm not kidding.

Contrast her introduction to Roberts' intro. Note the location, the lighting, the presentation.

Note how even the RW hacks that get their news from the HF trough can't figure out what to do about her. They didn't get the proper memo.

Note how only Dobson has said a word about her--Falwell and Robertson, who get the memoes, haven't.

She is not being seriously considered, and I think she never really was.

I don't think he thought there was going to be any opposition from his Amen corner, who can usually be counted on to describe whatever he's just done as the greatest, wisest, boldest stroke ever made by any president at any time anywhere. Bush initially was pushing for confirmation of Harriet "Black Box" Miers by Thanksgiving, but I haven't heard him mention that again. Usually, if he's got a propaganda point to catapult, he repeats it like a particularly dim autistic.

I think right now they're going through the motions, and expecting it to work out in some fashion because it almost always has in the past. I don't think they have a Plan B yet, and want to see if the opposition from the wingnut faction is truly principled (ha!), or if Rush and the rest are just showboating for a time before falling back into lockstep, where they're supposed to be.

If the thunder on the right continues, or grows, Miers will suddenly develop an overwhelming desire to spend more time with her family, methinks. (Yes, I know she's never been married and has no children that we know of.)