I’m Back
Let me tell you, the Gaylord Texan is one beautiful resort! Some quick thoughts while I catch up on things:
(1). I was less than overwhelmed by the supposedly dynamite George Will column today.
(2). My Red Raiders got stomped…big time. Congrats to the Longhorns (but we’re still 6-1, and a top 20 team…all is not lost!)…
(3). Tim Chapman has the complete transcript to that conference call I was on just before I left town Friday. Here’s my question and the relevant answers:
I wondered if you could tell me, regardless of how the nomination turns out, with the divisions that have propped up within the conservative base, is there any concern with the RNC how this might affect 2006 or any plan on how to bring all the different sides back together? I’m concerned, as someone who favors the Republican point of view, that some of the rhetoric has gotten a bit overheated, and I’m wondering what your plan going forward might be.
Just wait until you hear Harriet in the Senate confirmation hearings. A lot of what you hear is speculation. Assuming that Harriet doesn’t have the qualifications that are expected of a good conservative, how does that affect these elections? And if I’m incorrect about that, please let me know. When the Senate hearings begin, and they see Harriet on that stand, answering those questions, I think the Republican Party is going to say, “President Bush did another good job.”
–This is Brian Jones at the RNC. Second to all the sentiments and thoughts that the judge has made. In terms of ’06, one of the things to be mindful of is looking at ’94, ’98, and ’02, those elections did not really come into come into focus from a polling perspective really until August of that year. To try and game things out this far out, is a little premature. Obviously, that is something we are focused on already. But focusing on Harriet Miers and her strong qualifications and that the job that she’ll do and the actual hearings—that’s what we’re focused on.
(4). A quick link to a piece AE mentioned in the comments re: our old buddy Juan Cole. Nicely done, AE!…
More later!…
Very glad you are back … and I’m going to link to this puppy!
Blessings
I hate to say it but Will is looking like, well, sort of like a jack…gosh, he couldn’t be, could he?
JA, thanks…have a great week…AE, I love Will, but he’s a bit overly dramatic at times, to say the least…
As you say Mark, George Will can be a little over-dramatic at times. That doesn’t necessarily make him wrong. At least not on this subject.
true, fatman, but when the story of the 21st century is written, the Harriet Miers nomination will not even be a footnote…enough with all the drama!
My unhappiness with the Miers nomination continues to grow, slowly. But I agree with you Mark: Will’s piece was way overblown, especially considering all the buildup.
I can’t recall a similar conservative meltdown like the one we are currently witnessing over the Miers nomination. From nearly the minute she was announced, I was reading “not giving another dime to the RNC” comments at Confirmthem.com.
And it hasn’t stopped, only gotten worse. I posted this one at Mike’s America:
“I dont care how weakened [the President] & GOP look from here on out!…As far as Im concerned the Miers nomination should be trashed and to hell with the rest of Bushs agenda.”
Those folks better get used to saying “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi” and if they think Miers was a bad choice, will they like the pro-choice arch liberals that President Hillary will select any better?
The problem we have in this country is that while we have a Republican majority, we do NOT have a conservative majority. And we aren’t likely to get one any time soon if conservatives act like spoiled kids who didn’t get what they want on Christmas.
I’m proud to say for the TTLB record:
I SUPPORT THE MIERS NOMINATION!