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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (708318)	10/21/2005 3:11:00 PM
From: pompsander	Respond to of 769670

Harriet hurting her chances each time she meets with a Senator.... White House says Miers will keep meeting senators By Thomas Ferraro 1 hour, 17 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite complaints that some sessions have not gone well, the White House said on Friday U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will keep meeting with U.S. senators before her confirmation hearing next month. ADVERTISEMENT "She had meetings last week, this week and will have more next week," said spokesman Jim Dyke, denying a published report that the White House had ended her get-acquainted tour. These sessions have elicited several tepid reviews of Miers and helped generate questions about whether the nominee, who has never been a judge, is up to the job. Administration and congressional aides said Miers, President George W. Bush's White House counsel, plans to meet with about a dozen senators next week. Bush's nomination of Miers has been criticized by many conservatives who fear she lacks the clout to move the Supreme Court to the right on abortion and other social issues. Others, including Democrats, have questioned her legal beliefs and credentials, and accused the White House of cronyism. The Washington Times reported on Friday the White House had informed congressional aides that it had pulled the plug on Miers' visits. National Review Online reported a day earlier that strategists working with the White House were becoming "increasingly demoralized and pessimistic" about Miers' prospects in wake of her meetings with senators. The article said that the strategists discussed during a conference call whether she should end the visits and focus on boning up for her Senate hearing. A Senate Republican aide said on Friday the strategists, conservative activists, have less clout than they believe and that the White House, not them, calls the shots. An administration aide asserted the process had been positive so far. "There is a lot of outside swirl, but there is a process in place here on the nomination and it'll be followed," the aide said. Earlier this week, Sen. Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who will head the confirmation hearing to begin November 7, said the campaign to win Miers' confirmation has been rocky. Specter complained about "insufficient" responses that Miers' had given to a committee questionnaire, conference calls among conservatives seeking assurances on how she may rule on the court and an apparent misunderstanding over what she told the senator at a meeting this week. "It's been a chaotic process," Specter said. Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record), a Virginia Republican, told MSNBC on Friday he is to meet with Miers next week. He said, "I look forward to talking to her, asking her views" as considers whether to back her nomination.