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October 12, 2005

Answering Insty

Posted by Eric at 1:15 pm. Filed under: General

Glenn Reynolds asked today:

Whatever Miers brings to the table, there’s no doubt that this nomination was a mistake politically, and that it’s been badly handled. What possible benefit could Bush get from the Miers nomination that makes it worth sowing this much dissension within the ranks of his supporters?

The answer is somewhat obvious, actually. He could get confirmation on a very strict constructionist (some would say originalist) judge that would shape the way the Supreme Court interprets laws and the Constitution for the next twenty or thirty years.

Whether that describes Miers or not, is, of course, the big issue at hand, but that certainly is the possible benefit that would be worth this short term dissension. See Taste of Liberty’s earlier post for some further thoughts on Bush’s potentially genius “rope-a-dope” nomination.


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