Wow. This one seems to be melting down fast. It's becoming more and more apparent that Miers may be unacceptable to enough Conservatives as to lead to a rejection in the Senate. The comparisons to LBJ's nomination of Abe Fortas are flying fast and furious.

Michelle Malkin has the best round-up and Memeorandum has many, many links.

It's starting to look to these eyes that this was a tremendous political blunder if for no other reason than the position this will put GOP Senators in. After lambasting Democrats for voting against Roberts on purely ideological grounds, many Republicans in the Senate will look like they are doing exactly the same thing (though to put this in perspective, Miers' lack of experience as a judge is a major factor as well).

This is probably worse than a Gonzales nomination. If Dems are smart, they will just step back and let this play-out. Of course, since they aren't they're sure to jump right in.

Ouch. Can we get a "do-over" here?

UPDATE: Drudge reports Miers gave $$ to Clinton/Gore. The final nail?

UPDATE II: Confirm Them "confirms" that the above is just a false rumor. While she did give to Gore in '88, she never gave to Clinton.

It seems Miers is a recovering Democrat like myself.

All this hysteria reminds me of that scene in Airplane, when the flight attendant announces that they're out of coffee.

UPDATE III:
Hugh Hewitt and BeldarBlog are appealing for calm. Their perspectives are very well worth considering.

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1 I was really hoping for someone that would really get the Dems in a twist ... like David Duke.

Posted by: mdmhvonpa at October 03, 2005 12:13 PM (6x1mQ)

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