Senator Sam Brownback was on the Fox News morning show today and had the following to say about the White House’s nomination of Harriet Miers:
Them providing this type of information from the White House is almost a risk they assume when you nominate a candidate that’s from inside the White House. We’re going [...]
There is writeup in today’s New York Times about Senator Sam Brownback’s aspirations for 2008. The article makes it very clear that Senator Brownback is running for president and discusses his total reliance on Christian Conservatives for votes. It also notes that Mier’s nomination gives Brownback a valuable means of publicity:
Before the debate [...]
Today (Friday) Senator Sam Brownback will be in Ohio to attend a rally for Reformation Ohio, a group that wants to register 400,000 conservative voters in that state. The associated press reports:
A second conservative Christian movement is planning a foray into politics built on its success in helping gain passage of a gay marriage [...]
The GOP is trying to enlist grassroots support (or at least make it look like grassroots support) to pressure Senator Sam Brownback into supporting the nomination of Harriet Miers. The Hew Hampshire Union Leader reports:
The White House effort to try to pressure Brownback and others through prominent Republicans in New Hampshire was first reported [...]
As the initial furor over Mier’s nomination slows, there will likely be a lull in information for the next few weeks until the hearings begin. Additionally, the spectacle of multiple indictments in the Plame case will also increasingly vie for news time. For now, all of the important action is happening behind [...]
Pat Robertson of the 700 Club today threatened those who oppose Miers (ie Senator Sam Brownback). Via PFAW:
Robertson concluded by noting: “These so-called movement conservatives don’t have much of a following, the ones that I’m aware of. And you just marvel, these are the senators, some of them who voted to confirm the general [...]
It seems that Senator Sam Brownback has some allies on the judiciary committee. While the Senators have previously publicly withheld their judgment, it appears that Senator Brownback’s views are shared by many of the aides and lawyers helping the committee prepare. From tomorrow’s New York Times:
As the White House seeks to rally [...]
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 [...]
From the Financial Times:
Mr Specter insisted his committee would investigate whether there had been what he called a “back room deal” between Ms Miers and Mr Bush, committing her to overturn Roe v Wade. James Dobson of the leading social conservative group Focus on the Family has said he believes Ms Miers opposes abortion, based [...]