October 17, 2005

Schumer Doesn't Seem Happy

I just finished taking in the Charles Schumer press conference on Harriet Miers, and the liberal democratic Senator from New York doesn’t seem happy. He met with Miers in his office Monday and afterwards he “didn’t learn answers to so many important questions.” He also said she offered very little information on her judicial philosophy. When it came to Roe v. Wade, she told him that she had not discussed her views on Roe v. Wade with anybody, and that no one knows her views on it. Also, as for whether or not she believed in a right to privacy as it pertains to Griswold v. Connecticut (which was the basis for the Roe decision), she told Schumer that she wasn’t ready to give an answer on that yet. You could tell by the end of the press conference that Schumer was feeling frustrated that he’s getting so little information from her.

So let’s think about this for a second. Half the Democrats voted against Roberts because he wasn’t forthcoming in his answers. If that happens again with Miers where many Democrats vote against her, and then throw in the Republicans who are not happy with her, you have a situation here where there very well may be enough votes to defeat her nomination on the Senate floor. The Bush administration may be faced with the possibility of being forced to withdraw the nomination or face the reality of her going down by vote count. Decisions, decisions…

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