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Originally posted by bilmore
"The nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is foundering, but President Bush is confident that she will be confirmed. Bush thus displays a touching faith in the power of hypocrisy, double standards, and contradictions to see his nominee through. The case for Miers is an unholy mess, an opportunistic collection of whatever rhetorical flotsam happens to be at hand. "
Rich Lowry, NR.
And we remain the party of the lockstep automatons.
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Sarcasm aside, the Congressional GOP was damn near that -- especially in the House, but this nomination occasioned the big blowup which broke the lockstep and brought much festering resentment to the fore. The GOP had exercised extraordinary unity and discipline for a long time -- eyes on the prize and all that.
See how the GOP leadership in the House just reversed itself and supported a bill to offset Katrina recovery funding with spending cuts? (Necessary to appease the small government, fiscal conservatives -- who had been bitch-slapped on that issue just before the Miers appointment.)
Per the WaPo article -- in the GOP caucus where the reversal was announced, every single standing committee Chairman stodd up and opposed the announcement -- talking about how the cuts couln't come from their bailiwick.
The next few months should be interesting.
P.S. It won't be Gore. OTOH -- all the negatives are known, the Clinton scandal has further receded, and he looks good next to Kerry.
S_A_M
