I appreciate your point of view but I don't see that it boils down to anything but a sophisticated version of "trust me". And I don't automatically trust a President that generously gives taxpayer money to African tyrants and Arab terrorists alike, while assisting millions of aliens in the violation of our sovereignity.
I think you are probably right that there is an element to that. There is an element to that in every nomination since we never have all the facts about candidate that the President does. But whatever our criticisms about this Presidents other decisions or actions or lack of action, he's been faultless on judicial nominations. Doesn't he deserve that trust in this case? For that matter, doesn't Miers based on her work on judicial nominations over the last 5 years?