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By Lorie Byrd Posted in Analysis and Predictions — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

In my most recent post at Polipundit, I talk about what I describe as the "Miers Meltdown" which has taken place in the blogosphere. Due to the length of the piece, I am only posting a couple of excerpts here, along with a link to the full post.

Instead of engaging in meaningful debate, many preferred to attack their fellow conservative for their position on the nomination. If conservatives really believe this nomination is as important as they claim (and I happen to believe it is) shouldn’t the debate over the issues involved be serious ones?...

What I found to be perhaps the most persuasive and valid criticism of the Miers nomination is the possibility that she would have to recuse herself from cases involving the War on Terror due to her experience in the White House. I hope that if she does make it to the hearing stage that this issue will be addessed because, more so than most others, this one seems to me to be a potential dealbreaker. Unfortunately, this and issues such as the one Polipundit raised about questions over past positions on affirmative action, have been overshadowed by a conservative food fight replete with name-calling. What could have been a debate within the Republican party over real issues like affirmative action, instead became about what school the nominee attended. That is a shame.