We were Against Her Before We Were For Her

Here is an interesting piece from Carol Platt Liebau from over at Confirm Them...

"At this point, it’s extremely important to point out that the discontent over the Miers nomination was bipartisan, at the very least — because Barbara Boxer has just been stating (on Fox radio news) that she “had no problem” with Harriet Miers.
Ha. Check out this quote from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Barbara Boxer: “Here’s what I know about Harriet Miers,” Boxer said. “I know that she’s a crony of the president. I know she thinks he’s the most brilliant man she’s ever met. I know that she was head of the search committee and wound up being the nominee, and I know that she is personally anti-choice. Those are things I know.”
And Russ Feingold said (as reported here), “The president has chosen someone here about whom objectivity and independence is a very real question. He’s selling this to the American people, saying, ‘This is a person I know real well. You should trust me and trust her.’ This is one of the president’s closest confidantes.”
As for Patrick Leahy, check this out: “Leahy Has Concerns About Harriet Miers.” In it, he said, “What I do know is that she has a reputation for being loyal to this president, whom she has a long history of serving as a close adviser and in working to advance his objectives.” That’s not a compliment, coming from him — and don’t forget he was one of the first to note that some had characterized Ms. Miers initial questionnaire as “insulting”.
Hillary Clinton’s reaction to the Miers nomination was described as “cool.”
And this piece notes that Teddy Kennedy may have been working to defeat the nomination behind the scenes.
And, of course, MoveOn.org was digging for dirt.
The long and short of it is that no Democrat had pledged support for Ms. Miers, and Republicans were unhappy. Seems to me that few of them can fault the President for listening to some of his conservative constituents when they themselves were unwilling to press for Ms. Miers to get a hearing.
Let’s not permit the liberals to start rewriting history."