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1115.org (10/13/05):

The right wanted a fight on this one, and they didn’t get it, but at the same time it would be unreasonable for them to think that Bush wasn’t 100% sure where Miers stood on all the issues important to them. With resistance from Senate staffers and some heavyweight pundits, it’s becoming more likely that Miers will be forced to withdraw her name from consideration. By continuing to stress her religious beliefs, the administration turns Miers into a martyr and a loss into fodder for the subsequent Supreme Court battle as well as the 2006 elections where Democrats (despite their almost total silence now) could be accused of Borking Miers. The President would almost certainly get more deference on a new nominee because Democrats would not want to be seen as blocking a second nominee, and the Republican base, demoralized now, would have something to fight for in next year’s mid-terms.

(6:30am) Serious piling on in progress. Miers swimming with the fishes.
(6:35am) Trent Lott just compared the Miers nomination to a “sore.”
(6:40am) How hard is Harry Reid laughing right now?
(6:40am) Dick Durbin on Fox News: This wasn’t about documents, it was about Dobson.(6:50am) Why on earth are people talking about Alberto Gonzales being on deck?
(7:00am) Sam Brownback: “Why is there a litmus test for pro-life judges but not for pro-choice judges?” I really have no idea WTF he is talking about.
(7:10am) Charles Schumer: Not giving up the documents was like Houdini syndrome: I’ve tied myself in knots and now I can’t get out.
(7:10am) Robert Bork himself on CNN: Originalism is the standard way to interpret the Constitution. Wow.
(7:20am) Ann Coulter talking about Dems taking credit for scuttling nomination: “Who’s this ‘we’ paleface?”
(7:20am) Coulter: Listening to Democrats is what got Bush in trouble in the first place. Haha.
(8:50am) Reid: “The radical right drove this nomination right out of town.”