Look at the sampling of grassroots conservative frustration that Michele Malkin has picked up with the Harriet Miers nomination. Here is a sample…
You have lost my support, President Bush. You have failed to deliver the type of judicial nominees that social conservatives prayed you would appoint. If your choices of John Roberts and Harriet Miers turn out to be good picks, we won’t know it for many months, if not years. In the meantime you have proven to me that Republicans treat social conservatives exactly the same way that Democrats treat blacks. Sucker them in long enough to get their vote and then ignore them.
Maybe Harriet is OK. But there is too much at stake for us to trust “I know her heart.” Remember he said the same thing about Putin. I think we are in for a long 3 years…or more.
Looks like George Will is in agreement. More here. Professor Bainbridge has his take on what little conservative support exists. Hugh Hewitt continues to be a lone voice in the wilderness supporting the prez.
My take? I think the President missed a huge opportunity. SCOTUS is the big leagues and you need a big league gun at the battle. Miers may turn out to be OK. But if you had the first round pick in the draft would you choose Peyton Manning or some unknown NCAA Div 3 College quarterback? Bush is taking too big a gamble. It also gives me some pause to some of the other decisions he has made. What other gambles are we taking?
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