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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Whoosh! I feel like a big burden has been lifted with the news of Harriet Miers' withdrawl. I was trying to hold my fire, not engage in the piling on, and wait for the hearings, but nothing that had come out from her previous writings made her seem any better than she had seemed when he first nominated her. If anything, she seemed a worse and worse choice with every passing day.
I feel so badly for the woman and must say that I blame Bush for putting her in this terrible position by picking her without having done the proper vetting into her writings and background and thinking about her qualifications. Apparently, Bill Frist went to the White House last night and told them that the votes weren't there for her confirmation. They were also getting that sort of feedback from people in the loop. I sure hope that they do a better job on picking the new nominee. I don't think he needs to pick a woman this time: it's clear that having two X chromosomes is not a sufficient qualification. Erick at Red State hears rumors that all the previous people on the list are back in play plus Michael McConnell. I think McConnell sounds like an excellent choice and would definitely unite the base. And, I suspect, that a lot of the drop in Bush's poll numbers have been from conservatives who have been disheartened by the Miers nomination and ballooning spending rather than by the war in Iraq or his reaction to Katrina.
While the people at the Corner are practically giddy with relief and pondering their own influence, I look closer to home for the real reason she is out. I spent the weekend revamping my curriculum to move up my unit on the Judiciary to take advantage of the news of her nomination and hearings. I speculated Sunday that this would mean that she would withdraw. And now she has. Not that it means that the kids won't have a lot to learn from this episode. But, if the powers that be want to help out my curriculum, we would have a new nomination by Monday.
Poor Hugh Hewitt is depressed about her withdrawl. He put up a valiant defense for her nomination - much better than the White House did. In last night's show, he was positive that she would never withdraw. He thinks this will harm the GOP next election. I hope and believe he's wrong. An off-year election depends on the base and if Bush puts forth a credible nominee who gets confirmed, this will have all blown over by then. It's almost impossible to predict a year out from an election what will be the determining factors, but I doubt that what turned out to be a four week story will affect how people vote a year later.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, I do have to work during the day and won't get too much posting time except for now while my students take a test.
Check for more reaction to the nomination here:
John Hawkins is thrilled.
Michelle Malkin is relieved but sad. I'll second that. I think a lot of conservatives were very unhappy with this nomination, but we still felt depressed about the battle with the White House and sorry for the woman herself who seems like a perfectly good woman and a loyal aide to the President. She has shown that loyalty by withdrawing now. Check out Michelle's site for a lot of links to other reactions.
DJ Drummond at Polipundit thinks that this will come back to bite the Republicans. Polipundit himself is relieved but wary for the next nomination.
The Washington Post SCOTUS blog has more links to reaction from politicians and the blogosphere.
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Whoosh! I feel like a big burden has been lifted with the news of Harriet Miers' withdrawl. I was trying to hold my fire, not engage in the piling on, and wait for the hearings, but nothing that had come out from her previous writings made her seem any better than she had seemed when he first nominated her. If anything, she seemed a worse and worse choice with every passing day.
I feel so badly for the woman and must say that I blame Bush for putting her in this terrible position by picking her without having done the proper vetting into her writings and background and thinking about her qualifications. Apparently, Bill Frist went to the White House last night and told them that the votes weren't there for her confirmation. They were also getting that sort of feedback from people in the loop. I sure hope that they do a better job on picking the new nominee. I don't think he needs to pick a woman this time: it's clear that having two X chromosomes is not a sufficient qualification. Erick at Red State hears rumors that all the previous people on the list are back in play plus Michael McConnell. I think McConnell sounds like an excellent choice and would definitely unite the base. And, I suspect, that a lot of the drop in Bush's poll numbers have been from conservatives who have been disheartened by the Miers nomination and ballooning spending rather than by the war in Iraq or his reaction to Katrina.
While the people at the Corner are practically giddy with relief and pondering their own influence, I look closer to home for the real reason she is out. I spent the weekend revamping my curriculum to move up my unit on the Judiciary to take advantage of the news of her nomination and hearings. I speculated Sunday that this would mean that she would withdraw. And now she has. Not that it means that the kids won't have a lot to learn from this episode. But, if the powers that be want to help out my curriculum, we would have a new nomination by Monday.
Poor Hugh Hewitt is depressed about her withdrawl. He put up a valiant defense for her nomination - much better than the White House did. In last night's show, he was positive that she would never withdraw. He thinks this will harm the GOP next election. I hope and believe he's wrong. An off-year election depends on the base and if Bush puts forth a credible nominee who gets confirmed, this will have all blown over by then. It's almost impossible to predict a year out from an election what will be the determining factors, but I doubt that what turned out to be a four week story will affect how people vote a year later.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, I do have to work during the day and won't get too much posting time except for now while my students take a test.
Check for more reaction to the nomination here:
John Hawkins is thrilled.
Michelle Malkin is relieved but sad. I'll second that. I think a lot of conservatives were very unhappy with this nomination, but we still felt depressed about the battle with the White House and sorry for the woman herself who seems like a perfectly good woman and a loyal aide to the President. She has shown that loyalty by withdrawing now. Check out Michelle's site for a lot of links to other reactions.
DJ Drummond at Polipundit thinks that this will come back to bite the Republicans. Polipundit himself is relieved but wary for the next nomination.
The Washington Post SCOTUS blog has more links to reaction from politicians and the blogosphere.
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Whoosh! I feel like a big burden has been lifted with the news of Harriet Miers' withdrawl. I was trying to hold my fire, not engage in the piling on, and wait for the hearings, but nothing that had come out from her previous writings made her seem any better than she had seemed when he first nominated her. If anything, she seemed a worse and worse choice with every passing day.
I feel so badly for the woman and must say that I blame Bush for putting her in this terrible position by picking her without having done the proper vetting into her writings and background and thinking about her qualifications. Apparently, Bill Frist went to the White House last night and told them that the votes weren't there for her confirmation. They were also getting that sort of feedback from people in the loop. I sure hope that they do a better job on picking the new nominee. I don't think he needs to pick a woman this time: it's clear that having two X chromosomes is not a sufficient qualification. Erick at Red State hears rumors that all the previous people on the list are back in play plus Michael McConnell. I think McConnell sounds like an excellent choice and would definitely unite the base. And, I suspect, that a lot of the drop in Bush's poll numbers have been from conservatives who have been disheartened by the Miers nomination and ballooning spending rather than by the war in Iraq or his reaction to Katrina.
While the people at the Corner are practically giddy with relief and pondering their own influence, I look closer to home for the real reason she is out. I spent the weekend revamping my curriculum to move up my unit on the Judiciary to take advantage of the news of her nomination and hearings. I speculated Sunday that this would mean that she would withdraw. And now she has. Not that it means that the kids won't have a lot to learn from this episode. But, if the powers that be want to help out my curriculum, we would have a new nomination by Monday.
Poor Hugh Hewitt is depressed about her withdrawl. He put up a valiant defense for her nomination - much better than the White House did. In last night's show, he was positive that she would never withdraw. He thinks this will harm the GOP next election. I hope and believe he's wrong. An off-year election depends on the base and if Bush puts forth a credible nominee who gets confirmed, this will have all blown over by then. It's almost impossible to predict a year out from an election what will be the determining factors, but I doubt that what turned out to be a four week story will affect how people vote a year later.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, I do have to work during the day and won't get too much posting time except for now while my students take a test.
Check for more reaction to the nomination here:
John Hawkins is thrilled.
Michelle Malkin is relieved but sad. I'll second that. I think a lot of conservatives were very unhappy with this nomination, but we still felt depressed about the battle with the White House and sorry for the woman herself who seems like a perfectly good woman and a loyal aide to the President. She has shown that loyalty by withdrawing now. Check out Michelle's site for a lot of links to other reactions.
DJ Drummond at Polipundit thinks that this will come back to bite the Republicans. Polipundit himself is relieved but wary for the next nomination.
The Washington Post SCOTUS blog has more links to reaction from politicians and the blogosphere.
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