The Harriet Miers Gambit
So, one of my co-workers is currently theorizing that Harriet Miers’ nomination to the Supreme Court was a ruse all along. He thinks that Bush nominated a moderate who he knew would be questioned so that he could nominate a real conservative when her nomination caused enough rucus to force her to withdraw. The idea then is that we’ll be so happy to have anyone other than Miers that Congress will just rush the new person right on through the obstacle course with little whining.
Another co-worker thinks that the first co-worker is assuming Bush is smart enough to think that sort of plot through.
If Rove wasn’t so distracted by Patrick Fitzgerald, I’d be willing to consider that the Harriet Miers Gambit had his fingerprint.
Now, what would be interesting is if Bush now nominates Patrick Fitzgerald to the Supreme Court and PlameGate just disappears…
Tags: Harriet Miers, politics, George W. Bush, Supreme Court, Karl Rove, Patrick Fitzgerald, PlameGate, Conspiracy Theories
