Hail to the Chief

Hurricane Harriet has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. With the withdrawal last night of Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers, I immediately gave a huge sigh of relief. President Bush has been battered by too many hurricanes in the past few months and now I sense an immediate coalescing of conservative forces around the President.

Moderates will denounce the conservative rejection of the Miers nomination, but frankly we conservatives saved President Bush much angst from all the liablities that came with Harriet Miers such as her past Texas lottery position as well as her quite evident and apparent lack of credentials to be a Supreme Court Justice. I know, there are few qualifications and the President may pick whom he chooses, however, we are on Red Alert as far as the Supreme Court is concerned and not just "anyone" can fill these positions. We want heavy hitters and more specifically, conservative heavy hitters. And they are out there, but it will take courage to nominate them considering the media/elite/liberal triumvirate of criticism and carping that will take its toll on the most stallwart of jurists.

It would be a mistake to nominate a different moderate or liberal. President Bush must now nominate a conservative who will be tough as nails come time to sit before the Judiciary Committee on November 7th. Let this be the beginning of healing between the President and the conservative base that made his Presidency a reality in 2000 and 2004. Long live the President.