The Situation: Monday, October 10
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/sr.mon/index.html
Conservative anger over the Supreme Court continues today, following
yesterday's attempts by the White House to corral their right flank at
least to the gangplank, if they aren't ready to get on board. On a
call organized by RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, a panel of Big Name
Conservatives argued to support their President, appealing to the
larger picture of it all. Said White House political director Sara
Taylor, "I was in Iowa last night at a Republican dinner... I talked
with activists...all of them were dumbfounded at how the conservative
media is acting." And, assuaging fears that Ms. Miers will be another
Souter, Dr. Richard Land, called "One of the 25 most influential
evangelicals in America" by Time Magazine, said, "There are virtues
valued as highly as any in Texas culture: courage and loyalty. This
president, he knows Harriet Miers is also a Texan." Dr. Land
continued, "he and she both understand if she were to get on court,
and rule in ways contrary to how the President would want her to...it
would be a deep betrayal."
Yet, there are continued setbacks for the White House, including a
Washington Post op-ed headlined "Pull the Candidate" by Charles
Krauthammer, and stories about "skeptical" Senators. Even after a
meeting yesterday with Ms. Miers, Sen. Sam Brownback demurred, "no
promises were made either way." And, says a top aide, he'll continue
to repeat that over the weekend when he visits Iowa for a "Iowans for
Tax Relief" event with Laura Ingraham and Rep. Jim Nussle on Saturday.
Says the aide, along with his speech on needing tax reform, Sen.
Brownback will say, "that he is still not convinced and still not
satisfied and needs to know more about [Miers]."
Senators head home this weekend for a week of recess and a Columbus
Day holiday: time to ponder their votes on Miers, along with sinking
approval for the war in Iraq and for President Bush, and for those on
the blue side of the aisle, the new Kamarck/Galston report that says,
among other things, that "at a congressional level, Democrats arguably
are in the worst shape since the 1920's."
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take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
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