As predicted Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination this morning. Her nomination was going no where and she was hurting President Bush. For the good of the President, herself and the country she graciously withdrew her name as a Supreme Court Justice....
A sigh of relief seems to describe it well. Ill make just a few notes here. I hope the next nominee can reunite the conservative base, which was divided over this. Before people start blaming the conservative base, or taking credit, keep in ...
Miers? 1993 speech was very troubling to anyone wanting an originalist or strict constructionist nominee. Or, for that matter, anyone wanting a nominee who can express herself clearly and intelligently. It lowered my opinion of her significantly.
My humble apologies for the multiple trackbacks from Combs Spouts Off. I kept getting "failed ping" responses and stupidly kept trying instead of coming back here to check.
Had the nomination gone through, the naysayers, myself included, may have been proven wrong, but given the information available to us, we were well within our rights to raise the questions.
Miers Withdraws. Happy?
ReplyDeleteNot as happy as Basil will be when I tell him links are back up
Our KS Sen. Brownback says to Whitehouse: Good Move!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/13011697.htm
Okay, so this wasn't a link to my blog, but it's a comment on Miers. lgp
Miers Withdraws!!!
ReplyDeleteAs predicted Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination this morning. Her nomination was going no where and she was hurting President Bush. For the good of the President, herself and the country she graciously withdrew her name as a Supreme Court Justice....
Harriet Miers Withdraws
ReplyDeleteSays it was the documents issue.
Maybe we can all get over this and come together for the next nominee.
In a letter to Bush released by the White House, Miers said she was concerned that the Senate confirmation process "presents a burden for th...
Miers Withdrawal Reaction Open Trackbacks
ReplyDeleteA sigh of relief seems to describe it well. Ill make just a few notes here. I hope the next nominee can reunite the conservative base, which was divided over this. Before people start blaming the conservative base, or taking credit, keep in ...
Bye bye, Harriet
ReplyDeleteMiers? 1993 speech was very troubling to anyone wanting an originalist or strict constructionist nominee. Or, for that matter, anyone wanting a nominee who can express herself clearly and intelligently. It lowered my opinion of her significantly.
My humble apologies for the multiple trackbacks from Combs Spouts Off. I kept getting "failed ping" responses and stupidly kept trying instead of coming back here to check.
ReplyDeleteSorry!
What method do you use with blog-city? Is it built-in to your blogging software? Or is it similar to the Wizband and Kalsey forms?
ReplyDeleteAnother day in the neighborhood
ReplyDeleteToday's dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny ... It's Stop the ACLU Thursday (and did you hear about the Blogger + HaloScan inline trackbacks?)
Miers Wins By Withdrawing
ReplyDeleteHad the nomination gone through, the naysayers, myself included, may have been proven wrong, but given the information available to us, we were well within our rights to raise the questions.