My Thoughts on Changes

Conspiracy theories...

...anyone? Or just plain dumbness... I'm leaning towards the former as the question is so open-ended and crazy that it just may be true. I only need to find the logic behind it...

village voice > news > Democrats, Rejoice: Right Says Wrong on Harriet Miers by Laura Rozen

"I'm actually hoping there are no more vacancies during this presidency," sniffed Mark Levin, at the "Corner" weblog of the conservative National Review Online, reflecting the conservative consensus sense of having been let down by the White House. "The Miers nomination. . . is an unforced error," wrote David Frum, former Bush speech writer, in his column at National Review Online:

Unlike the Roberts nomination, which confirmed the previous balance on the Court, the O'Connor resignation offered an opportunity to change the balance. This is the moment for which the conservative legal movement has been waiting for two decades.There was no reason for [Bush] to choose anyone but one of these outstanding conservatives. So the question must be asked: Why not the best?

Posted by Sparhawk at October 3, 2005 3:29 PM | TrackBack