REMINDER!! Bumped to top Coalition members, the selection of Harriet Miers for US Supreme Court Justice has once again split the conservative base between the moderate middle and uncompromising right. This rift threatens to split a coalition built on mutual respect for minor differences, all aimed towards common goals. When one partner stretches beyond what […]

While the conservsative base debates reactionary verses tactical reactions to politics, I will go out on a limb and predict Harriet Miers will win confirmation in the Senate by a 81-19 vote. Why? Harry Reid is on board with Miers and cannot back down now. And more here in the NY Times: In a topsy-turvy […]

UPDATE: I was trying to write this comment on this site and it was saying so much clearer what I wanted to say in this post I decided to add it as an update. This is all inside baseball and egos to boot. To believe Bush made the wrong pick assumes either he is stupid, […]

Welcome readers of the Doua Report at Salon Boy, did this latest pick for the Supreme Court raise some eyebrows or what!? I have been getting alerts from all sorts of places. The Washington Post has a good article on the selection. Miers, who was Bush’s personal attorney in Texas, was the first woman elected […]

Bush is supposedly close to selecting a nominee to replace Justice O’Connor. AP/Breitbar has this announcement. I prefer to drop by Redstate for all things judicial. Today they do not disappoint. Here, here, here and here. Basically no one knows and Bush and his team are masters at keeping the lid on news until they […]

President Bush may have made a strategic decision regarding the passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist by selecting Roberts over Scalia or Thomas. Truth be told Scalia and Thomas would have been problematic selections. With their combined wealth of opinions on the bench there would have been a huge battle in the Senate. And right now, […]

Stunning news tonight on the passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist. One of the longest reigns as Chief Justice is now over. More on this later in the weekend, but you can find news here WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening at his home in suburban Virginia, said Supreme Court spokeswoman […]

Remember the days when the gang of 14 made that controversial deal on filibusters and many conservatives ran for the doors saying that we had lost the battle fo the judges. And many on the left crowed and preened and gloated in their great victory. And then there was that calm, unruffled group called the […]

A long trip usually means I do not go back and try and recap news of the week, but this subject begs the exception. You think the MSM could sink no lower, then they get so desparate to try and stop the nation’s transition to the right of center they cross another line in simple […]

OK, we have had the “Bolton Recess Appointment” fire drill three times before that I know of (because I posted on it each time here, here and here). So what makes this time different? Nothing as far as I am willing to guess. The White House signaled on Monday that President Bush may bypass the […]