Miers Pick Not Getting Great ReviewsPower Line terms her
a disappointment, while Right Wing News
says she's another Souter.
Polipundit's Alexander McClure's a
little more relaxed.
So President Bush has nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. I cannot deny that I was initially quite disturbed by the news. This seems like a huge gamble. Miers may be a conservative, but it is by no means certain. If she turns out to be a liberal, I do not know if President Bush will politically recover. However, I doubt that President Bush would nominate her if she were anything but a conservative. He has known her for many years and probably knows where she stands on important issues.
Of course, the Senate races that year that will matter most for the GOP are in the Northeast (Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Maryland). In all these races, it will be crucial for the GOP candidate to win suburban, pro-choice moderates. If President Bush had picked a firebrand conservative, it might have spelled the end for Senator Santorum and would make the task facing State Senator Kean almost impossible.Michelle Malkin
is underwhelmed; her post also sums up a lot of other blogger reactions. Bulldog Pundit also
offers a raspberry to the choice.
