The Meirs nomination is not a stand alone event in conservatives minds. We support our President for his national defense positions. Without that he would be looking pretty bad.

George Will, an alleged conservative, catalogs a list of disappointments conservatives have had with GWB.

I was particularly disappointed with the "Big Pharma Support Plan" a couple years ago.

The accumulation accelerated in December 2003, when the Republican House leadership held open for three hours the vote on adding a prescription-drug benefit to Medicare. The time was needed to browbeat enough conservatives to pass the largest expansion of the welfare state since LBJ—an entitlement with an unfunded liability larger than that of Social Security. The president's only believable veto threat in nearly five years was made to deter an attempt to cut spending by trimming the drug entitlement.

Also see what Rush said in Opinion Journal today.

Time to Crack Down.

President Bush, for most conservatives, is a one-issue politician. We support him because we see nobody on the left capable of running the war on terror the way it should be run. Must be run.

If the Dems want to get back into power they need to find somebody who is credible on national security.