WP: Conservatives Escalate Opposition to Miers

[DeepModem Mom]

Conservatives Escalate Opposition to Miers
Web Sites and Ad Campaign Seek Nominee's Withdrawal

By Michael A. Fletcher and Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, October 25, 2005; Page A02


Conservative activists intensified their opposition to the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers yesterday, launching two Web sites and planning radio and television advertising aimed at forcing her withdrawal.

The advocacy groups, which had expected to use their vast mailing lists and fundraising networks to support President Bush's Supreme Court nominees, instead are employing those tools to sow concern about Miers's conservative credentials and lack of judicial experience among their constituents outside Washington.

The public effort against Miers is supported by a wide range of well-known conservative figures and organizations, whose individual misgivings about the nomination have now coalesced into a coordinated effort to derail it.

Bush, speaking to reporters, again rallied to the defense of the troubled nomination, but he warned that he would not accede to requests from senators for documents detailing Miers's White House work. He said this would violate his right to receive confidential advice, but senators in both parties said the documents might allay concerns about her qualifications.

Some conservatives believe Bush could avoid this dispute by pulling the plug on the nomination....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401744.html

[stepnw1f]

1. Stop Playing Games with Our Country

you spinelessly dishonest hacks. Get it over with!

[expatriot]

2. She is SO toast.... no friends on either side.

The leak of her comments that she'd overturn Roe only convinced liberal activists but not conservatives. She has no place of refuge. Could she be in a worse position politically?

on edit: it also seems to create - while fleeting - an alliance of convenience between liberals and conservatives against the Bush Cult. Amazing.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Food fight in the WH. How I love it. RW eating their young.

America's dysfunctional family having a 'tiff' is wonderful, just wonderful.