Christian Right Wins Again

Well, the Christian Right has won again. Harriet Miers is no longer a candidate for the Supreme Court. Despite reassurances in veiled language from the Bush administration that Ms. Miers is a pro life candidate, the pressure on the right forced his hand. Apparently Ms. Miers wasn't anti-abortion enought. The Christian right wins again.

What this does say about Bush is obvious: he is a severely weakened President who must rely on his base on the extreme right for the rest of his term if he is to have any effectiveness at all. This does not bode well for us on the left in terms of budget cuts, the war, and future Supreme Court nominees.

It was less than a year ago that Bush won re-election stating: "I've earned political capital and I intend to use it." Like most of his business ventures, Bush is politically broke and going back to the Bank of the Radical Right and asking for another loan.

We on the left need to enforce those new bankruptcy laws and hold Bush to account for his gross mismanagement of government and his immoral war. Bring on the indictments.