I was part of a conference call today, organized by Patrick Ruffini, with Ken Mehlman, the Chairman of the RNC addressing and then taking questions from a group of bloggers. Pressing business prevented me from writing up my notes of the call until now, but other the bloggers have beaten me to the punch in posting their reactions to the discussion. They include Mark Coffey, Patrick Hynes, Lorie Byrd,  Erick Erickson and Eric Pfeiffer. It was, as others noted, an on—message, support—the—nominee affair, which is not exactly unexpected at such an occasion. I was struck by Ken Mehlman's emphasis on the character of Ms. Meirs. It was the first factor he mentioned as a qualification of hers for the job, followed by her judicial philosophy in the number two spot. He made the sensible point that it is her strong character which will enable her to resist the all—too—familiar pressure to drift leftward in office — the famous 'Greenhouse Effect' that...(Read Full Post)