I have heard a lot of talk form conservatives about the Miers nomination and I disagree with the negative takes. How much damage to President Bush and the Republican Party would be done if the President nominated a succession of proven 'right wing' judges only to have the gang of 14 (and maybe some other Republicans) vote against them?  He would be weakened, and so would the party  — with the likelihood of losing seats and possible control of the senate.  Can the President take this chance with people like Senators Chafee and Snow voting in the Senate?  I say nominations of these publicly conservative judges will fail because the liberal Republicans have to please their liberal voters and that would mean voting against these judges. Take the case of Chafee of Rhode Island.  He is in a very liberal state and he is up for re—election next year.  If he were to vote for a publicly conservative judge he would very likely lose his seat,...(Read Full Post)