What to think? (part 3)

Cross-posted to Random Fate.

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There is a lot being written on the rationale of President George W. Bush in nominating Harriet Miers for Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. However, I find the reaction by many on the right-wing more interesting than the futile attempts to divine any underlying motivations or machiavellian strategies President Bush and his evil genius, Karl Rove, may have.

I commented in an earlier post at Random Fate, “What to think? (an encore edition)” on the widespread (although not universal) negative reaction to this nomination, especially by those who are self-described members of “the base” courted by Bush and Rove for the 2004 election. The very breadth and strength of their reaction indicates that this group is no longer willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt when his actions are apparently not in accord with the values he proclaimed he would advance when in office.

Even though President Bush is essentially telling his supporters “trust me” on this nomination, despite the apparent lack of conservative bona fides of Ms. Miers, not to mention the more obvious dearth of judicial and legal credentials when she is compared to other potential nominees who have a strongly conservative paper trail, many on the right-wing are no longer willing to take on faith that the President will “do right by them.”

In other words, Bush has used up all his free passes, the “byes” given by many of his most vocal supporters when he hasn’t followed the agenda of the right-wing.

In another recent post at Random Fate, I asked, “Who does the GOP represent?“

It appears that many Bush supporters are beginning to ask themselves that question about the President.