October 03, 2005

Risky Strategy

The Anchoress thinks Miers is part of a sophisticated plan:

My own prediction: She may not make it to the Supreme Court. Bush may not even intend for her to get there. She may be, rather than the “misdirection,” many expected, an out-and-out decoy, floated to allow both the liberals and the conservatives to blast her out of the water so that Bush can then put up another candidate that both left and right - after having behaved very badly over Miers - will not dare to behave badly over, again.

The risk is Bush nominated someone he really doesn't want on the bench, and have the Senate confirm her. And why try something so tricky unless you think you're politically weak (which Bush isn't)? The most important question is what is Miers' judicial philosphy? The second-most important question is does Bush want to appoint justices in the Scalia-Thomas mold? The answer to the first question will answer the second.

"Miers: Anchoress Knows-all-Sees-all"