Push is on to salvage Bush pick (causing further hostility)

[deminks]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0510130113oct13,1,7299732.story

By Jan Crawford Greenburg and Jeff Zeleny, Washington Bureau. Andrew Zajac of the Tribune's Washington Bureau contributed to this report
Published October 13, 2005


WASHINGTON -- Facing growing criticism from Republicans on Capitol Hill and threats of revolt from conservative legal supporters, the White House has mounted a furious effort to salvage the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, but some tactics are only deepening hostility and division among the base.

"She was nominated for political reasons," said an aide to a senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "And it's a political debacle."

Those lawyers, who are members of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal organization, said they were disappointed by the nomination and saw no reason to speak out in support of Miers.
Behind the scenes, top White House figures such as Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove continued to meet with key Republican constituencies, including bloggers, evangelicals and Senate staffers.

But the efforts, both covert and overt, have not quelled criticism. In some cases, the remarks have backfired.


Wow, the fundies vs. the neocon fascists/corporatists/elitists. The fundies wanted to be rewarded with a cultural war. I guess they got one.
:evilgrin:

[Hobarticus]

1. Little did they realize the beast would feed upon itself once unleashed.

I for one am kinda digging it.

[tmooses]

2. Bush is now playing the sex card-insinuating that opposition to Miers

is because she's a woman. This is the same tactic used when Rice was up for Sec of State except they threw in race. It won't work because they can't claim "the liberals" are being hypocritical. They just end up pissing off the fundie conservatives more.