Harry Reid, Bush’s Bestest Buddy?

[NVMojo]

Choosing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Sandra Day O’Connor is getting to be a longer process than anticipated. Yet, through all the various twists and turns, there are two constants. One, Democrats would oppose whomever President Bush would nominate. Two, Ted Kennedy will be drunk throughout the nomination process. (Not that I could blame him, really. The only thing more boring than nominating and approving a new Supreme Court Justice would be to let Al Gore run the thing.)

When President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace O’Connor, something odd happened. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid praised Miers. Given how Democrats were talking about taking the next Supreme Court nominee through a vetting process that would make Abu Ghraib look like an Amish picnic, Reid seemed…sedate. (On a side note, who else wouldn’t like to see Reid hopped up on truck stop speed just to see if he’d start going at normal speed?)

Seriously, Reid’s greenlighting of Miers was more than a little shocking, but not for the reason you think. Reid might have just gone from opposition leader to wild card in this whole situation. But to see why, we need to go back in time a bit to the John Roberts hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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http://www.commonconservative.com/lindaman/ace101605.shtml

[sniffa]

1. yep his bestest buddy

Leady him right off the cLiff.

[depakid]

2. I hate to agree- but I pretty much do

I’ve always felt that Reid wasn’t cut out to be an attack dog, which is pretty much what the Majority Leader and Minority Leader positions have become in modern politics. If Miers gets confirmed, George W. Bush will have a lot of people to thank, and at the top of his list should be Reid for helping him, wittingly or unwittingly, clear the path.

And that’s the Bottom Line.

So far, Reid is batting 0.00. He's not won a battle- or even really fought any- nor has he showed any evidence of leadership skills to make anyone rationally believe that he can or will....

[thebigidea]

3. I love how they think its funny to compare senate confirmation...

... to rape, torture, and murder. And minimize the torture, to boot!