The talking points have gone out and Democrat Senators are blaming the "extreme" right wing of the GOP for Miers withdrawal. they have obviously consinged to the Memory Hole their own opposition to Miers. For example: Carl Levin (Michigan): 'Well, I think the judicial experience and the lack of courtroom experience works to her disadvantage. ... there have been others who have not been judges, but I'm not sure there have been others that have such a lack of courtroom experience, as well as judicial experience, as apparently she lacks.' (MSNBC's Connected: Coast To Coast, 10/17/05) Patrick Leahy (Vermont): Leahy: 'What is difficult here is we have the questionnaire, of course, which came up. It was incomplete. It was inadequate. And many senators, both Republicans and Democrats, felt that way.' (fox news' Fox News Sunday, 10/23/05) 'The comments I have heard [about Miers' questionnaire] range from incomplete to insulting. Certainly, it was inadequate and it did not give us...(Read Full Post)