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John Fund: Blogs Scuttled the Miers Nomination
Thoughtful analysis from WSJ's John Fund.I think however, that the internet has only intensified politics, rather than redefine it. Here is the closing of the article: "The moral hazard of the new media is clear," says columnist Jim Pinkerton, an aide to President George H.W. Bush. "They can turn any discussion into a donnybrook, and any nomination into Armageddon." Such a development isn't inevitable--witness the civilized debate over John Roberts's appointment. But President Bush will have to consider that risk in picking a new nominee for the high court, just as Democratic senators will have to weigh how much they respond to Internet sites pressuring them to mount a filibuster against that nominee. Some folks don't get it. Meirs failed as an appointee precisely because she was a bad nominee, not the type of justice conservatives wanted. And I didn't see a donnybrook: what I saw was debate and a little tiny invective such as the "sexism" thing (whatever the f*ck that is ) and that was it. In the end cooler heads did in fact prevail and a new justice designee is to be announced Monday. Bush has dodged a severe split in the right, and so has his base. Posted by: badanov 2005-10-31 |
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