While I read the Times quite a bit, the paper has a strong liberal bias, is involved in the CIA agent case, and is taking this time to go at Bush.
Of course, the funny thing is that the largest critics of this nominee has been the conservatives and not the liberals. If I remember correctly, it was in the same article you quoted from in your post. So isn't it funny that the conservatives are so upset that he's not putting in a strong conservative to supplement the other 2?
-Rudey
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Originally posted by DeltAlum
With just a little humility, I could actually almost like this Bush guy. My problem with him has always been what I think of as his political conceit and his desire to dictate policy rather than negotiate it -- and to force his Conservative views on those of us who don't agree. We're supposed to have a say in the government as well. What I've underlined below is the way I would like to think of the system working. The Center is where a lot of us are...
From the NY Times:
"The White House is still struggling to recover from its faltering response to Hurricane Katrina. The Republican Party is busily trying to wave away a scent of second-term scandal. The relentlessly bloody insurgency in Iraq continues to weigh heavily on his presidency. And no president can retain his political authority for long if he loses his claim to the center.
"The swagger is gone from this White House," said Charles E. Cook Jr., editor of The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan newsletter, citing a litany of other difficulties afflicting the administration, including high gasoline prices and the failure of Mr. Bush's push to overhaul Social Security. "They know they have horrible problems and they came up with the least risky move they could make."
Looked at another way, the choice is much harder to explain. In selecting Ms. Miers, Mr. Bush stepped deeper into a political thicket that had already scratched up his well-tended image of competence, the criticism that he is prone to stocking the government with cronies rather than people selected solely for their qualifications."
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