Nelson on the spot

Florida Senator Bill Nelson will be one of the highlighted votes on the confirmation of White House Counsel Harriet Miers, President Bush's choice to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Conner on the Supreme Court. When the choice was announced today, many conservatives seemed dissatisfied although Miers has given no reason for the right wing judicial activist wing of her party to be so concerned. Perhaps a fear exists among conservative activists that Miers is to George W. Bush and Karl Rover what David Souter was to George H.W. Bush and John Sununu? This will be one interesting confirmation battle to watch.