As one might glean from my column
today, I think a scuttling of the Miers nomination is more
likely now than I thought it was when I posted here on
the topic last week. But it still depends in part on what the
Democrats do.
Ironically, if you agree with RET that stopping Miers would be
too costly, then it makes sense from the Democrats' perspective to
oppose her. And if you agree with me that it's better for our side
to stop Miers, then it makes sense for Democrats to vote to
confirm. Thus, if one is trying to build a bipartisan coalition in
the Senate -- whether pro-Miers or anti-Miers -- the task is to
convince each side to read the political landscape differently.
