Bull Moose says the score is Bill Kristol 1, George Bush 0 and gives us our Quote of the Day.
The President caved into the conservative mob. He let down a lady…..
In his moment of need, the President will move far rightward with his new nominee. We now know that the indictments are coming and he needs the conservative posse on his side.
This is a profoundly weak President. It is a moment of desperation and the President needs his base energized and not demoralized. He will now throw the base red meat and hope they stick with them in the stormy days ahead…
Apparently, this President can’t hit any better than the Houston Astros.
UPDATE: The Hotline says it was political reality — numbers, the votes weren’t there and Miers had impressed no one — that sunk the Miers nomination.
UPDATE II: The Miers nomination withdrawal from the perspective of political sports…