Welcome CJR readers! I hope you take the time to explore the site a bit. In addition to my spat with Redstate, you may also want to check out my latest post on Miers here, plus I have accumulated quite a few earlier posts here. I sincerely hope you find the visit worth our while. [...]

Ed Morrissey has a great article out today in the Washington Post’s Outlook section. He sees the Miers nomination the way I do in many respects. The president’s surprise pick to replace Sandra Day O’Connor has ignited a massive debate among his former loyalists, especially in the blogosphere, where I spend a fair amount of [...]

My position on the Miers debacle is clear: the anti-Miers ideologues, driven by their irrational fears and wild fantasy scenarios, have become so fanatical they are killing the conservative movement dead in its tracks. Only an ideologue could claim that Bush looked weak in his selection of Miers, therefore it was OK to actually weaken [...]

I have not been impressed with the emotional outburts by conservatives over the Miers nomination. My most recent post (here) makes the point that the current complaints are all theoretical and reflect hurt feelings or doomsaying rather than real issues. The post also reminds conservatives that there better be a good reason to throw the [...]

As anyone reading my Miers posts know I am not impressed by the emotional backlash from the conservative punditry. I have explained my reasoning here and here – and feel vindicated that the outburst is isolated to those too close to the issues because of this poll. But regardless of all this, a simple test [...]

Mark Coffey has linked to a poll which is great new for Miers and Bush, and a clear warning to conservative, whining pundits that are wringing their hands over Miers: Asked to rate Bush’s nomination of Miers, 44 percent of those polled described it as excellent or good, while 41 percent said it was fair [...]

While I have spent most of my life following the partisan wars, that began with Clinton’s election and continued into the 2004 election cycle, I like many have begun to tire of the zero sum game being played out. And not because I am quitting, but because I think conservatives are winning – if not [...]

While the conservsative base debates reactionary verses tactical reactions to politics, I will go out on a limb and predict Harriet Miers will win confirmation in the Senate by a 81-19 vote. Why? Harry Reid is on board with Miers and cannot back down now. And more here in the NY Times: In a topsy-turvy [...]

UPDATE: I was trying to write this comment on this site and it was saying so much clearer what I wanted to say in this post I decided to add it as an update. This is all inside baseball and egos to boot. To believe Bush made the wrong pick assumes either he is stupid, [...]

Welcome readers of the Doua Report at Salon Boy, did this latest pick for the Supreme Court raise some eyebrows or what!? I have been getting alerts from all sorts of places. The Washington Post has a good article on the selection. Miers, who was Bush’s personal attorney in Texas, was the first woman elected [...]