IIRC, Miers was nominated after Roberts. She withdrew and we got Alito. Roberts plus Miers would have sucked bigly.
...especially after being promised strict constructionist judges in one of the early debates.
Disappointed does not even begin to describe how many of us feel about W. It is frank betrayal, in light of that he has chosen to spoon with Clinton and Obama during the Trump years.
Pastor friend of mine who was involved in local politics here told me they knew about W’s drug conviction back in the late 1990’s, but figured W would not win anyway.
What was so disappointing was how so many conservatives bought into W, and then attacked those of us who tried to sound the alarm.