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ZenPundit offers a great analysis on Harriet Miers. Excerpt:Aside from a reputation of being personable, hardworking and gracious, that's as much as I can say in favor of Ms. Miers. It was not a nomination worthy of the ridiculous abuse...

I've never understood how you couldn't love Joe Paterno. Say what you will about the man -- he's too old, he's too this, too that -- but the man represents many of the things that are right with college football....

Former Daschle campaign manager Steve Hildebrand is on a new mission. From the Washington Post:Dems Rally on Entitlement Issues The team of Democratic Party operatives who led the fight against President Bush's Social Security overhaul plan earlier this year are...

Phillip Adams wonders in print why more US President's aren't assassinated, given that the "majority" of Americans are crazy and own a lot of guns. This may be the stupidest thing ever put into writing and, given the source, that's...

Petition for the Withdrawal of the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court

David Frum at National Review Online has a petition up calling for the withdrawel of Harriet Miers' nomination for SCOTUS:

WE ARE REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES who supported the election of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Today, we respectfully urge that the nomination of Harriet Miers to the United States Supreme Court be withdrawn.

The next justice of the Supreme Court should be a person of clear, consistent, and unashamed conservative judicial philosophy.

The next justice should be a person of unquestioned personal and political independence.

The next justice should be someone who has demonstrated a deep engagement in the constitutional issues that regularly come before the Supreme Court ? and an appreciation of the originalist perspective on those issues.

The next justice should be a person of the highest standard of intellectual and legal excellence.

For all Harriet Miers? many fine qualities and genuine achievements, we the undersigned believe that she is not that person. An attempt to push her nomination through the Senate will only split the Republican party, damage the Bush presidency, and cast doubts upon the Court itself.

Sometimes Americans elect Republican presidents, sometimes we elect Democratic presidents. Whatever the differences between the parties, surely we can at least agree on this: Each party owes America its best. There is a wide range of truly outstanding legal talents who share the president?s judicial philosophy. We believe that on second thought President Bush can do better ? for conservatism, for the Supreme Court, for America.

If you are also underwhelmed by this appointment, go take a look at it and sign in to make your feelings known. It couldn't hurt to at least reinforce the message to the Pres. and his staffers.

I've been catching up on my reading of The Economist tonight. In this weeks issue, they recognize that not only the Republicans are facing troubles: The Democrats cannot rely on the Republicans' current woes to deliver victories in 2006 and...

Jason's post below on the new Hildebrand venture along with this previous nugget about Tim Johnsons' and John Thune's defense of agricultural spending shows just how unserious Americans are about their government. No one seriously suggests cutting entitlement spending, but...

The Jawa Report has a massive summary of some of the latest news on Joel Henry Hinrichs, the kid who wound up killing himself with a bomb outside of last Saturday's OU game. The warrant used to search Hinrichs' apartment...

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