A basic misunderstanding
There are still Republicans who feel that the Democrats set out to oppose any Bush nominee for SCOTUS. This just ain't true. I personally said positive things about John Roberts. And our elected boys and girls in DC "kept their powder dry" (as the talking point went) on the subject of Miers.
Miers was on a list of acceptable SCOTUS candidates presented to Dubya by Democrat leader Harry Reid. Elected Democrats did nothing to oppose her candidacy. The wingnuts on the right were the ones who rejected Miers. And now we have Sam Alito, who is, in the eloquent words of dailykos, nuts.
More on this after we get C and D passed tomorrow.
Miers was on a list of acceptable SCOTUS candidates presented to Dubya by Democrat leader Harry Reid. Elected Democrats did nothing to oppose her candidacy. The wingnuts on the right were the ones who rejected Miers. And now we have Sam Alito, who is, in the eloquent words of dailykos, nuts.
More on this after we get C and D passed tomorrow.
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Salazar sez, ""The manner in which the President handled this nomination is disappointing. He did not consult with the Senate about this nominee."
Well, of course he didn't consult with the Senate. The last time he did that, he got a moderate candidate that sparked a rightie wingnut rebellion.
Reid specifically warned Bush not to pick Alito, as reported by the NY Times. Did Bush do this just to piss us off?
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/politics/politicsspecial1/31cnd-confirm.html
Proof that this whole thing was not the Dems fault comes from Ann Coulter, the queen bitch of the far, far right.
"Since Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court, Democratic senators like Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin — i.e., all the people who had absolutely nothing to do with Miers' withdrawal — have been blanketing the airwaves demanding that Bush now accede to their demands... The Democrats didn't utter a note of disagreement with the Miers nomination."
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