Miers 3.0: Grassroots
Amid reports of acrimonious, depressing conference calls and public silence from purported allies, interest groups aligned with the White House have plans to more actively sell the Miers nomination.
The proximal target is the Republican base. The ultimate targets are Republican Senators. The White House and its friends will publicly tout Miers and her credentials. In less public conversations and through pressure from the base, they hope to convince the Senators of one of several propositions:
(a) that voting against Miers would be parlous for the Republican Party
(b) that voting against Miers conflates conservative elite anger with conservative voter anger, in part because the real GOP base doesn't dislike Miers and would view a "nay" as a slap in the face to the president
(c) that voting against Miers would be parlous for their presidential ambitions, in that the Bush political and fundraising team would not forget such a blatant departure from the president's wishes now -- and certainly not forget after 2006, when these presidential aspirants begin to staff up and raise money.
See below for what specific groups will do. [MARC AMBINDER]
Progress for America spent $10K on an internet banner campaign and has helped to coordinate the endorsements of Texans who support her. PFA has helped surrogates meet with 13 Senate offices; ten Texans are in Washington, D.C. today. Says PFA President Brian McCabe: "We're doing more grassroots than ever before."
Well -- but they haven't spent much of their multi-million dollar kitty. They are no longer on the air with a biographical spot, though there are hints PFA will begin an expensive campaign just before the start of the hearing. (The schedule would conform to what PFA did with John Roberts' nomination.) In the states, PFA and the RNC are working together to make sure base voters keep their relatively positive view of Miers.
The Committee for Justice, was shocked into silence initially -- but it began to send around the latest columns from Miers supporter Ronald Cass, and it will start to do a little more. The program is being pulled together, but it will include events, spokespeople, and, after the hearings, maybe a television ad.
Manny Miranda's Third Branch Conference, of course, is doing nothing because many of its members oppose the Miers nomination.
The word is "perilous," not "parlous."
Actually, "parlous," meaning "fraught with danger," is a perfectly fine word to use here.
Nope it's parlous. Definition:Attended with peril; fraught with danger; hazardous.
well, actually, i think the writer DID mean "parlous."
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2002/12/03.html
Well, actually, try consulting a dictionary. Parlous is actually a word - it means the same thing as perilous. Obscure, yes, but still a word.
Actually, "parlous" is also correct. It is a bit more archaic than "perilous," but the meaning is the same (fraught with danger).
-Synthesis
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And it's aligned - not alligned.
Actually - I really appreciate your articles - it's just the English teacher in me!
Actually, "parlous" can mean either "perilous" or "shrewd". And if you attach the different meanings to what the author said you can get very different interpretations. How shrewd?