Reply #74: I'd be shocked if it's Ferguson. Kohn's a possible surprise after all [View All]

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the yammerin' Bush has been doing about a non-political, independent Fed. I'm thinking Chopper Ben might be out of the running, and if that's the case the banking/finance sector could revolt.

Who knows. :shrug: Have to wait and see.

Most of the candidates are Republicans. But Kohn is a political independent and Ferguson a moderate Democrat.



On a somewhat related note:

On both sides of aisle, Miers' nomination poses a dilemma
http://www.freep.com/news/nw/miers24e_20051024.htm

WASHINGTON -- Harriet Miers' embattled Supreme Court nomination has Democrats and Republicans in the Senate in a bind.

Their supporters oppose her, and she's having trouble convincing lawmakers that she's qualified to sit on the nation's highest court.

For Republicans, a vote for or against Miers is a choice between loyalty to the president and loyalty to their conservative base. It means trusting that Bush selected a true conservative when he chose Miers, a Texas ally who's now his White House counsel but has no record of championing conservative causes.

To Democrats, Miers initially appeared to be the type of nonideological nominee they wanted to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But after meetings with senators and reports that she is an evangelical Christian who once supported a constitutional amendment to ban most abortions, some Democrats are having second thoughts.

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The question for Democrats and Republicans alike is what Bush would do if Miers were defeated. Would he retaliate against her conservative opponents by naming a moderate in the mold of O'Connor, or would he try to pacify his conservative base by naming an outspoken conservative jurist in the mold of Antonin Scalia?


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:wtf: So they are suppose to accept Miers despite what appears to be incompetence out of fear that BeelzeBush might retaliate with someone even worse? That's the type of evil "leadership" we're dealing with! Geez, I wish people would wake up.