White House Counsel Harriet Miers (C), U.S. President George W. Bush’s nominee to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court, meets with U.S. Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) (R), on Capitol Hill October 5, 2005.

The Washington Post has Conservatives Confront Bush Aides, Anger Over Nomination of Miers Boils Over During Private Meetings.

The conservative uprising against President Bush escalated yesterday as Republican activists angry over his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court confronted the president’s envoys during a pair of tense closed-door meetings.

A day after Bush publicly beseeched skeptical supporters to trust his judgment on Miers, a succession of prominent conservative leaders told his representatives that they did not. Over the course of several hours of sometimes testy exchanges, the dissenters complained that Miers was an unknown quantity with a thin résumé and that her selection — Bush called her “the best person I could find” — was a betrayal of years of struggle to move the court to the right.

Conservatives have the RIGHT to be Angry and FEEL Betrayed.

Harriet Miers is NOT the best candidate.

As the nominee continued to work the halls of the Senate, the White House took comfort from the more measured response of the Senate Republican caucus and remained confident that most if not all of its members ultimately will support her. Yet even some GOP senators continued to voice skepticism of Miers, including Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who pronounced himself “not comfortable.”

“Is she the most qualified person? Clearly, the answer to that is ‘no,’ ” Lott said on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” contradicting Bush’s assertion. “There are a lot more people — men, women and minorities — that are more qualified, in my opinion, by their experience than she is. Now, that doesn’t mean she’s not qualified, but you have to weigh that. And then you have to also look at what has been her level of decisiveness and competence, and I don’t have enough information on that yet.”

Harriet Miers will be confirmed but she is NOT the best candidate and the RIGHT is justified in its disappointment.

The Bush Presidency is over…… but Flap said that before didn’t he?

Read what Geroge Will and Pat Buchanan say about the Miers’ nomination.

Common Cause has State and National Reform Groups Endorse Prop. 77

COMMON CAUSE, CALPIRG, AND THERESTOFUS.ORG JOIN COALITION TO TAKE THE POWER TO DRAW ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OUT OF HANDS OF PARTISAN POLITICIANS

Today, three key reform organizations joined a diverse coalition of organizations in favor of Prop. 77, a measure on the November 8 ballot that would remove the redistricting process from the hands of politicians and give the job to retired judges who would draw fair district lines.

Common Cause, a national organization that called for a nationwide movement to take the redistricting process out of the hands of partisan officials in January, CALPIRG, a state consumer advocacy organization with a long, rich history of working on political reform, and TheRestofUs.org, a non-profit political watchdog that has often critiqued Governor Schwarzenegger’s political fundraising, announced their support of Proposition 77.

“The current system, where self-interested politicians are responsible for drawing political boundaries, is rotten to the core. It’s time to get the fox out of the henhouse and to put an end to California’s rigged system of elections. Prop. 77 takes the power to draw legislative and congressional districts out of the hands of partisan legislators in Sacramento and puts the issue before the voters. This proposal is not perfect, none ever is. But this is an important first step, and I urge the people of California to vote yes on Prop. 77,” said Chellie Pingree, national president of Common Cause.

Very good news for Governor Schwarzenegger and the people of California.

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Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) greets former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani during their meeting in Tel Aviv September 22, 2005 in this picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office.

The ASSociated Press has Giuliani: I Plan to Return to Politics.

Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday that he plans to return to politics but that it is too early to say if that will be for the 2008 presidential campaign.

“I think I’ll return to politics,” Giuliani said in a speech to business leaders.

Understatement of the 2008 Presidential Election.

Look at how Rudy is doing over at Patrick Ruffini’s September Presidential Poll.

Main Ballot:

Giuliani	6183 (32.9%)
Allen	3521 (18.7%)
Romney	1779 (9.5%)
Undecided	1648 (8.8%)
Tancredo	1330 (7.1%)
McCain	1259 (6.7%)
Barbour	1125 (6%)
Brownback	493 (2.6%)
Huckabee	452 (2.4%)
Frist	415 (2.2%)
Pawlenty	381 (2%)
Hagel	138 (0.7%)
Pataki	84 (0.4%)

America’s Mayor will be the next President of the United States.

Senator John Campbell with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

The unofficial final ballot results are in for the California Special Election Congressional District 48.

Orange County
48th Congressional District Primary Election
October 4, 2005, 10:46 PM

Unofficial Results for Election

California State Senator John Campbell failed to win a majority of the votes cast (46.0%) and is forced into a run-off election. He will face-off with Minuteman Project Founder Jim Gilchrist (AI, 14.4 %) and Democrat Steve Young (8.9%).

The election will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2005.

Stay Tuned.

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