“We are keeping quiet. And hiding from the media,” wrote Abigail Thernstrom, the Bush-designated vice chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and a prominent critic of affirmative-action policies, in an e-mail copied to other members of the network. “As for undermining trust in the president, I am afraid he has accomplished that all on his own without any help from us.”

Ouch!

Shamlessly copied from Radley Balko who seems to have more time to scour the web than I do.

Also, the RNC had a call today to reassure bloggers on the Miers nomination. First, glad to see the RNC has clued into the internet. Second it doesn’t look like it worked:
Erick Erickson’s take
Prof. Bainbridge’s take

Finally, this book looks to be interesting.