In general, I think the lefty blogosphere plays a key role in holding establishment Democrats accountable for wimping out on issues they really should be fighting on (especially Iraq).
But it's been frustrating watching the entire Internet dissolve into a frothing mess of looney leftiness without a single iota of political acumen.
Bob Brigham over at Swing State project is the leader of these ridiculous and egomaniacal bloogers who demand absolute purity and cannot see the political forrest for the trees.
It was dissapointing to see he and Armando and others come out swining against Miers without even thinking first.
Thank goodness Kos got it right. Miers is a HUGE win for us. HUGE. We couldn't have asked for anything more.
Bush blinked. I never thought I'd see it. He has ALWAYS, ALWAYS played to his base. But he has finally realized that his position is so precarious (especially with Rove and Libby indictments on the way) that he had to play the middle.
Frankly, Miers isn't qualified for this post. But we're not going to get anyone both qualified and moderate from Bush. What we get here is a less than competent crony, who will likely be the next Souter. As a huge, juicy bonus, we get to watch her split the GOP base apart and continue our march to '06. IF we want to retake the House and Senate, which we can, then this is a godsend.
If Democrats were truly smart we would embrace Miers, leak comments to the press that we are confident she will uphold Roe V. Wade, and let Brownback and Colburn tear her apart.