Ticking Off Senate Republicans

Though buried deep in a Washington Times story, this is no small thing:

A second meeting last week between [Republican Senate] staffers and White House officials devolved into a confrontational affair. Republican Senate aides who attended that meeting say the White House no longer returns their phone calls and e-mails seeking information about Miss Miers.

Can President Bush get a nominee confirmed without Senate Republicans? Short answer is “no.” Not returning calls is insulting to Senators — many of whom tend to insult easily at the best of times.

Harriet Miers may wow ’em at her confirmation hearings, but the bar seems to be steadily rising.



The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.