Friday, October 14, 2005

don't make W throw you to the wolves!

Harriet Miers. Yeah you. This nomination is going badly in the sense that conservatives of many stripes are uncomfortable both with your background and with the peculiar defenses offered in your favor. Focus on the Family's Dobson's endorsement of you on the basis of some mysterious insider info makes me think more than twice, W's offering up your good standing in an evangelical church as an asset doesn't reassure me a bit and the leaking papers that indicate that you considered (several years ago to be fair) The Federalist Society, but not the NAACP to be a politically charged group sends shivers up and down my spine. No wonder Harry Reid welcomed you as a nominee--he could hear the conservatives imploding from a long way off!!

I think that it is time for you to take one on the chin for the team. We who love W all know that he is loyal to a fault and that he doesn't like to admit mistakes, and many of us think you'd do just fine as one of the supremes in spite of your non-traditional background. But your nomination, fairly or not, is causing small fires to erupt all over the conservative map, and W doesn't currently have the resources to keep chasing around after all of them. Think it over. Read Peggy Noonan's terrific piece on why you should throw yourself on the sword for the greater good. You'll still have a top-notch legal career, you can write a best seller about your experiences with W and you can play the martyr to the end of your days.
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