Wingers Win Again

I’d say “Wag The Dog”, but it would be rude to refer to Harriet Miers in that way. Rather, lemme just say that the most egregious part of the Miers nomination had nothing to do with the reason she withdrew. At least, I don’t remember any conservatives making a big deal out of the fact that she’s a crony. Next time around, Bush will make sure to pick a crony that’s more qualified and is easier to confirm. Like I said earlier, I’d be shocked if the next nomination is anyone but Alberto Gonzales.


posted by greg on October 27, 2005 @ 8:08 am

6 comments

  1. Let the new round of political games begin!

    Comment by Bob Davis — October 27, 2005 @ 8:43 am

  2. I think Gonzales gets the shaft again. Not that he isn’t more qualified than Miers, which he absolutely is, but because Bush’s explanation for Miers’ withdrawal dovetails with Gonzales.

    “We can’t release documents about communication between the president and counsel because it opens a precedent and it will make Bush look like a bigger moron.”

    Unless Congress suddenly gets disinterested in knowing about, say, torture memos, I’d say he’s ruled out by contact.

    Comment by Dr. Pants — October 27, 2005 @ 9:01 am

  3. I think Gonzales gets the shaft again. Not that he isn’t more qualified than Miers, which he absolutely is, but because Bush’s explanation for Miers’ withdrawal dovetails with Gonzales.

    But Gonzales, like John Roberts, has already faced a Senate confirmation hearing. Not only can the White House can easily pull off the “you’ve already been given documents” trick, but the Senate won’t be able to act like they don’t know who Alberto is.

    The conventional wisdom is already starting to agree that Bush’s next nominee will be somebody in the Scali/Thomas mold, but I still don’t buy it. This is a President who values loyalty over everything else. Considering that his base wasn’t willing to trust him on Miers, I’d think that Bush feels like he’s been stabbed in the back by the religious right. I don’t think he’ll be doing them any favors next time around.

    Comment by greg — October 27, 2005 @ 9:37 am

  4. I’m hoping it will be Fitzgerald.

    Rush, this morning, has been touting this Miers thing as a great victory for the party that will unite conservatives.

    Personally, I was really hoping Miers would have had her hearings and the question of competence and cronyism would have been center of the national debate….but looks like we get to talk about abortion a whole lot more.

    Or, rather, talk about not talking about it.

    Comment by Archie Levine — October 27, 2005 @ 12:30 pm

  5. Hey, don’t forget Brownie, he can’t be a consultant at FEMA forever….

    Comment by Kamachanda — October 27, 2005 @ 1:34 pm

  6. I believe Gonzales is considered to be soft on abortion so his nomination would really get James Dobson going. And wouldn’t that be fun to watch. Bush could achieve a couple of goals by nominating him: continue the proud tradition of cronyism but with a confirmable candidate and punish the conservatives who sunk Miers. He’d probably really like to show them who is boss. I know I would if I was in his place.

    Comment by Becky — October 27, 2005 @ 2:02 pm

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