The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

The Washington Times reported today that half of Senate Republicans remain doubtful about the President’s choice of Harriet Miers for the Supreme court:

What’s troubling for President Bush, however, is that 27 Republican senators — almost half of his party’s members in the chamber — have publicly expressed specific doubts about Miss Miers or said they must withhold any support whatsoever for her nomination until after the hearings.

Realistically speaking, most of the Senators that expressed their doubt to the Washington Times personally don’t care if Miers is installed on the court. This doubt is reflective of uncertainty about Brownback and whether he is going to mount a Christian Fundamentalist crusade against Miers. If he chooses that route, other conservative Senators don’t want to find themselves on the wrong side of righteous indignation.

All of this must feel weird to Brownback. He has never distinguished himself in the Senate and never had the spotlight. While some of his supporters claim this as positive “character” trait, I would claim he has alienated enough people on the hill that it is hard for him to advance any sort of agenda. Senator Brownback is not known for making compromises.