Peter J. Wallison makes like The Continental on National Review:
The astonishing thing about President George W. Bush’s choice of Harriet Miers for a seat on the Supreme Court is that he made the same mistake that sank his father’s presidency. When George H. W. Bush agreed to raise taxes after promising “no new taxes,” conservatives and Republicans felt betrayed, and simply wrote him off. The lack of support from a group that should have been his base was one of the key reasons for his loss to Bill Clinton in 1992. Yet conservatives should keep in mind that we know little about Miers, and abandoning this president at this time — as his father was abandoned — could result in the collapse of support for his major domestic initiatives as well as his all-important Iraq policy.
This strikes me as a “please don’t throw me in dat der briar patch” moment. If I don’t stick by Bush because of Creepy McCrypto, the Iraqi Occupation will end and the Great Society II program will fall apart… now where, exactly, is the catch?
My little wide-eyed, white-tailed doe.