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To: stockman_scott who wrote (173164)	10/23/2005 5:28:27 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Hey, maybe the right has sunk Miers. In this case, would Bush kowtow and bring up a freakshow radical extremist fundamentalist fascist who promises to vote only with Scalia? Would the Dems, seeing not only blood in the water but actual bodyparts, have the spine to filibuster, force the nuclear option and shut down the government for the rest of Bush's tenure? The radical extremist undemocratic unamerican rightwing is just itching for a fight but it wasn't supposed to be a fight WITH Bush. sfgate.com "Harriet Miers does not have the votes now in the GOP-controlled Senate to be confirmed for the Supreme Court and confirmation hearings "will be make or break ... in a way they haven't been for any other nominee," a leading Democratic senator said Sunday. While Democrats pressed the White House to provide documents from Miers' work as the president's counsel, Republicans said the nomination that has riled conservatives is not in trouble or in danger of being withdrawn. Sen. Charles Schumer, a member of the committee that plans confirmation hearings beginning Nov. 7, said lawmakers from both parties are concerned about Miers' qualifications, independence and judicial philosophy. "I think, if you were to hold the vote today, she would not get a majority, either in the Judiciary Committee or on the floor," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "I think there is maybe one or two on the Judiciary Committee who have said they'd support her as of right now," he said...."