{"id":5329,"date":"2005-10-04T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2005-10-04T21:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2005-10-04T14:33:13","modified_gmt":"2005-10-04T21:33:13","slug":"bush-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=5329","title":{"rendered":"Bush Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t know if it’s true or not, but I suspect that this morning’s rather hastily-called press conference was intended by the President and his advisors to reassure conservatives <\/a>about the Miers pick, with Bush relying on his personal charms and the good will he’s built up with Republicans (85% of whom approve of his performance), to shore up support<\/a> for his pick<\/i>, if not necessarily for Ms. Miers herself—who many on the right still consider<\/a> hugely <\/a>unqualified.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhether or not it will have any effect is another question, though I suspect the performance, coupled with cooler heads prevailing, will keep things calm(er) on the right for the time being.\n<\/p>\n

\nHowever, I do think Republican strategists—who have been sent out to push Miers’ “real world,” anti-“academic” credentials on the political talk shows—are taking the wrong tack:  many legal conservatives on the right want<\/i> a brilliant legal theorist and thinker precisely because we believe that such a nominee would naturally support our view of how the judiciary should function, and of how the Constitution ought be read. \n<\/p>\n

\nAs I noted yesterday<\/a>, I’m far less interested in someone bringing a unique perspective to the Bench than I am with someone bringing a proper perspective to the role of Judge.\n<\/p>\n

\nMiers might be that person, I don’t know.  But I think the strategy of pushing her as a “judicial outsider” is shortsighted; after all, we just got done hearing about all of John Roberts’ qualities, which proceeded from the very kind of background this current PR campaign seems to be offhandedly criticizing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t know if it’s true or not, but I suspect that this morning’s rather hastily-called press conference was intended by the President and his advisors to reassure conservatives about the Miers pick, with Bush relying on his personal charms and the good will he’s built up with Republicans (85% of whom approve of his performance), to shore up support for his pick, if not necessarily for Ms. Miers herself—who many<\/p>\n

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