Wednesday, October 12, 2005
PoliPundit.com has the right of it: Miers for an Appeals Court
A good way to sidestep and save face for all involved.
Of course, the question then becomes -- who does Bush appoint? Drudge is now reporting that some of the judges proposed by conservatives (Michael Luttig, Michael McConnell, etc.) declined the nomination.
What is going on here? Are they reading the Senatorial tea leaves and coming to the same conclusions I reached -- that conservatives do not have an ideological majority in the Senate and that their confirmation would be doomed?