Harriet, We Hardly Knew Ya
From last Friday, Oct 21st
Miers: The Only Exit Strategy
...Hence the perfectly honorable way to solve the conundrum: Miers withdraws out of respect for both the Senate and the executive's prerogatives, the Senate expresses appreciation for this gracious acknowledgment of its needs and responsibilities, and the White House accepts her decision with the deepest regret and with gratitude for Miers's putting preservation of executive prerogative above personal ambition.OK, so much for the political mobilization of the the Christian Right and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (past post)
Faces saved. And we start again.
The only way one can look at this is --
U.S. Senate Republican Majority - 1; Bush White House - 0.
The first crack of a second term presidency. But an opportunity to rejuvenate conservative verve.
2 Comments:
I wouldn't be so quick to give the victory to the Senate Republican Majority. Trent Lott (Cave-Mississippi) already came out against nominating a conservative to replace Miers.
Indeed, it's too early to tell who ultimately won. It all depends on who gets nominated to replace the Poison Mushroom. If the nominee is conservative, then we won. If, however, we get a more-provable version of what Miers appeared to be (a like-for-like to left-of-like replacement), the RINOs and the 'Rats won.
So, what's your thought on this new nominee?
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