Harriet Miers Nomination the last straw for Republicans backing Bush?

[WaffleBoy]

We all know the Republican party has been taking the heat for supporting Bush's decision to go into Iraq for WMD with no exit strategy. Now with Bush's failed social security plan and the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, is it safe to say the Republican party is more split than ever in supporting Bush? Your thoughts........ ;D

The Boy Wonder :super:

[Rohirrim]

Let's put it this way, all the Dems have to do now is sit back and keep their mouths shut. ;D

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Let's put it this way, all the Dems have to do now is sit back and keep their mouths shut. ;D

They're certainly accomplished at doing that. ;)

[ClevelandBronco2]

There's a Harriet thread already. Yes, it's hard to believe, but the party managed to start before you arrived, Waffle.

[WaffleBoy]

There's a Harriet thread already.

That wasn’t my topic. Is the Republican Party split as of right now? And if so, by how much? That’s my question. ;D

The Boy Wonder :super:

[patteeu]

No. Unless by "ever" you mean the last few months or something like that.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

That wasn’t my topic. Is the Republican Party split as of right now? And if so, by how much? That’s my question. ;D

The Boy Wonder :super:

"That's the president's, his description. It would not be mine at this point," said Sen. George Allen, a Virginia Republican.


Sen. Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, told MSNBC, "I'm not comfortable with the nomination and so we'll just have to work through the process in due time."

Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," asked whether he would vote against Miers if she says the abortion decision Roe v. Wade is settled law. "There's a good chance then that I would," said Brownback, a potential 2008 presidential contender and a staunch abortion foe. He plans to meet with Miers on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerns by conservative U.S. Senate Republicans about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers persisted on Wednesday despite President George W. Bush's assurances that his White House counsel is the best person for the job.
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[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[Crushaholic]

No poll, Waffle? :nono:

I can speak on the actions of Senator Brownback. He has met with Meirs and has TRIED to find a reason to support her. He's still undecided. This tells me that conservatives WANT to give Bush the benefit of the doubt but they have questions. The Republicans are still backing Bush on most things and I don't see that changing any time soon.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Making sense of the Miers nomination

By picking his personal lawyer Harriet Miers to fill a key swing seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, George W. Bush angered his right-wing supporters, who wanted someone with clearer conservative credentials, and opened himself to new charges of cronyism - a double whammy of bad PR. So why did he do it?

The most common theory is that Bush was looking for a stealth candidate who wouldn't provoke strong Democratic opposition but would get solid Republican backing - after some wink-wink assurances that she would vote the right way on abortion and other core conservative issues.

That indeed may be the answer. Bush may have just miscalculated how disappointed his conservative base would be and how offended other Americans would be at his straight-faced assertion that his White House counsel was "the best person I could find."

But there is another theory that would fit the facts. It may be that Bush is less concerned about constitutional issues than he is about criminal and political disputes that might reach the court if the troubles surging around his administration get worse.

Continued: http://consortiumnews.com/2005/100605.html

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

The Republicans are still backing Bush on most things and I don't see that changing any time soon.

AP Poll: Bush's Base Unhappy With His Performance. White Evangelicals, GOP Women, Southerners and Suburban Men Start To See the President as Impotent and Ineffective.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051007/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_ap_poll

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

The Republicans are still backing Bush on most things and I don't see that changing any time soon.

Miers, Iraq, Katrina widen Bush-GOP split

Miers, the Iraq war and hurricanes prompt GOP to confront Bush

2 hours, 42 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The conservative rebellion against Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers widens the split between the White House and Republicans, sowing fears among party strategists that President Bush is jeopardizing ten years of GOP congressional dominance.

Republicans are speaking out and voting against the administration with defiance unseen since he's been in the White House. In recent days, the Senate reined in the administration on the treatment of foreign detainees, forced it to jettison no-bid reconstruction contracts in the Gulf region and gave Miers a tepid welcome as Bush's choice to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

This emboldened stance comes amid mounting worries over
Iraq policy, lingering questions about the federal response to Katrina and Bush's sinking public approval ratings.


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