Time to push Jib over the edge (sorry about that :-) . OpinionJournal’s Best of the Web has a very interesting run of news and comments on Miers under the heading “Mutiny on the Committee” –
- The piece starts off by citing New York Times and Washington Times stories about aides of up to 6 Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members pushing back very hard on the Miers nomination, not “…buying what the White House is selling here” (from the WashTimes article) and “…hoping that something will happen on Miers, either that the president would withdraw her or she would realize she is not up to it and pull out while she has some dignity intact.” (from the NYTimes one).
- BOTW editor James Taranto then outlines one scenario where the only thing pushed is a guarantee to overturn Roe v Wade, that this doesn’t convince 2 Pubbies (or more likely, turnes Specter against her, as Roe is his pet cause), and the committee rejects her 10-8″. Slight problem; SCOTUS nominees ALWAYS make the floor, even if it is with a negative recommendation from the committee.
- It closes with a “great face-saving compromise” (Taranto’s words, not necessarily mine) from Mickey Kaus that she gets nominated to an appeals court. Taranto jumps on that, suggesting that the vacancy come from nominating Edith Jones or Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS.
It’s almost enough to make MY head explode :-)
Homer nod – how did I confuse the 2 top Washington newspapers?
