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October 17, 2005
The Miers Sailboat Keeps Tacking, Looking for the Right Wind
The Skipper has definitely changed tacks several times over the past week over the Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination. First they asked the right wing to "trust me", meaning the President. When that wasn't working they tacked, changed directions, emphasizing her strong, conservative religious beliefs, thinking that would assure the right wing that she would vote pro-life in any potential abortion decision. That wasn't working, so they tacked again stressing her legal qualifictions. Today, the Bush White House had a number of former members of the Texas Supreme Court come to Washington to help convince members of Congress of her qualifications. We'll have to see if that works. The skipper and tactician just can't quite find the wind yet to get the boat really moving. I say that because the skipper keeps saying, "Well, the boat isn't getting much wind over here. Those boats seem to be moving better on that side of the course, let's tack."
Posted by Chip Spear at October 17, 2005 12:47 PM
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