On Second Thought

Michelle Malkin says the nomination of Harriet Miers is even worse than she thought yesterday.

A small minority of readers say we should wait and see, trust Bush, and hold out hope that Miers is a stealth candidate. This last line of defense is truly pathetic. We have a Republican House. A Republican Senate. And a Republican White House. Why is it, after working so hard to put a president in power who promised to appoint conservative judges, that we have to settle for crossing our fingers and accepting a blank-slate Supreme Court nominee with an ideological paper bag over her head?

I'm with Michelle. And, as always, she's got a great roundup of opinion. Especially this one from John Hawkins, who elaborates on why we indeed shouldn't be asked to trust President Bush.

Count me in with the Coalition of the Illin'.

PoliPundit links to Wynton Hall over at NRO, who explains how Bush missed his opportunity to galvanize the base heading into the critical 2006 midterm elections.

And if I might just add, I'd remind all those conservatives now imploring us to trust Bush that the president - despite previous promises - made it clear that his primary intention was not to nominate a strict constructionist, but to nominate a woman or a minority.