It became increasingly clear during the Miers debacle that Hugh Hewitt, who I am certain is an amiable guy and who has been more than friendly to me considering the barbs I have chucked his way, is little more than a mouthpiece for the Republican party whose chief (only?) concerns are the consolidation of Republican political power and the maintenance of that political dominance, regardless what we do with it. No clearer example can be offered than this post today from Hugh:
Yesterday John McCain attacked the Bush Administration’s conduct of the war in Iraq.
Yesterday Mitt Romney attacked the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s judicial activism.
Which speech will be better received among likely GOP primary voters in 2008?
A popular saying that has achieved more prominence with the elections of George Bush has been “all hat, no cattle,”a regional colloquialism signifying the individual is all talk. Perhaps a fitting adaptation of that phrase for Hugh would be “All party, no principle.”
Unfortunately, I should note that Hugh is probably right, and that he does understand how to maintain political coalitions.