Bull Moose has a prediction:
The Moose expects that the President will never again betray his lovers.
Indeed, it’s hard to believe that we’ll see Harriet Miers The Sequel. TMV agrees with Bull Moose here:
The Bush Administration needs the enthusiastic support of the right now more than ever as it moves into the upcoming crisis period. That is why they will replace Harriet with a true believer. And the White House wouldn’t mind a judicial fight that could be a diversion from their criminal woes.
This President cannot govern from the center. He had his chance after 9/11 and he continued to pursue the politics of polarization. Now, according to the Administration’s calculations, there is nothing to be gained by reaching out to the middle other than demoralizing his most fervent supporters. And he painfully learned the lesson that a love affair gone wrong can be very ugly.
The President will win back the right’s affections with the next nominee – love will once again be in the air!
Key-rekt. It truly doesn’t seem that as if this President wants to govern from the center or can at this point. So the nominee will likely be someone who pleases the GOP’s conservative base.
The only question remains whether the President will willingly ignite bloodletting by picking X candidate if he has X, Y, and Z and Y and Z would basically do the same kind of job that X would…only X would be a super-polarizing choice. He could still give conservatives a conservative judge and not unleash The Battle Of All Battles. His choice.
What will he decide? News reports over the weekend were contradictory. But whom he names will tell a lot about how he plans to govern during his last three years in office.