NRO and other conservative blogs, posting reports of Senators telling the WH they won't vote for Miers and digging up every little thing from the past 20 years, are increasingly confident they will be able to derail the nomination.

Regarding the poll, the conservative pundits are all over the media bashing Miers which may push down these numbers.

The Senators who may or may not be saying things to the anti-Miers pundits against the nominee would have to be hoping for a meltdown at the Judiciary hearing, an not just via some parcing of legaleese on a minor point, but a complete mis-step on a major issue that laymen can understand.

Frum and others, of course, will jump at the first 'i' that's not dotted or 't' that's not crossed during her testimony, but the senators are going to have to have stronger evidence than that if they're going to reject Miers, especially those who were in the Senate 12 years ago and voted to approve the Ginsberg nomination.

With the exception of Lowry and Lopez, although even Lopez seems to be softening, it seems that the Corner folks are slowly starting to accept that Miers isn't going anywhere. Recent posts by Podhoretz and others seem resigned. They still toss out the occasional fantasy about how she'll crumble when these oh so tough senators grill her on constitutional law in the committee hearings. But reality seems to be taking hold on them.

Frum is weird. He's the most strident of the anti-Miers useful idiots on NRO. But his first post about her as a possible nominee, on the Fourth of July no less, sounded very enthusiastic.

Lots of bloggers, notably Hugh Hewitt, have ridiculed Frum over that post. His only defense would be that-was-then-this-is-now. So he may just make no defense at all.

Shows how archives can trip you up (wink).

Hewitt has been having a ball with NRO. He's now posted that Podhoretz is seeking a truce and opened negotiations on the shape of the table.

Really, NRO could do worse than invite Hewitt onto the Corner. When the Cornerites all agree, as they do on Miers, the place gets stuffy and dull. Hugh would liven things up, kick around some of the furniture. Not just about Miers, but about the site's general Bush-bashing lately.

Or maybe they could just invite Orrin. That would really knock over a few chairs. Wait until they heard his digs at Reagan (chuckle, chuckle).

"when these oh so tough senators grill her on constitutional law in the committee hearings. "

Is there any sane GOP Senator who's going to take the lead in objecting to her? It's really sad to see the screechers pin their hopes and dreams on Spector (who's not sane), Biden, Kennedy and Leahy to get them the nominee they desire.

I didn't say Harriet Souter, shouldn't be confirmed. I just think, she shouldn't have been nominated.

Raoul, the Senators are so pathetic that Leahy actually comes off as a statesman when group with th likes of Spector, Biden, Kennedy, Schumer, and Durbin.

Agree that Hugh and OJ should be allowed to post at NRO just to get some difference of opinion. But I doubt OJ meets their strict elite criteria.