Ramesh Ponnuru writes on NRO’s Corner:
Speaking of Republican strategists, another one spoke to me the other day. I asked him what Republicans could do to bounce back, and he had three suggestions.
The first was for the president to “stop going to New Orleans.”
The second was that Republicans needed to find a way to go on offense on taxes
The third was that Miers withdraw her nomination.
And so the momentum builds…. Also on The Corner, Jon Podhoretz notes that this praise for Miers comes from the TalkLeft blog:
Most of those I’ve spoken with believe she will be okay or better as a Supreme Court Justice. While she may be more conservative than many of us, all thought she would be fair. No one can recall a single instance of her talking about abortion or Roe v. Wade…. The main thing to keep in mind are the alternatives. From a legal standpoint, we lucked out with both Roberts and Harriet Miers. If she were to withdraw and Bush were then to repay the radical right what they think he owes them, we will be far worse off.