Bush knows her well. He knows her better than he could possibly know any other potential candidate.
And he describes her as a pitbull in size 6 shoes.
How about the conservative base and the American people being presented a candidate that is the top of their field,with known ideology, someone with known head banging conservative credentials, someone we could be proud of. This pick and process reeks.
How do you know that Joe Torre won't have John Flaherty pinch-hit for Alex Rodriguez in a key situation, and that Flaherty won't hit a home run. This sort of "How do you know" speculation is ridiculous. We don't "know" what the future will bring. We can only offer our best guess. My best guess is that Alex Rodriguez, with a batting average 2 or 3 times higher than John Flaherty's, and with over 400 more lifetime home runs, would be a better choice in a key situation.
We have Michael McConnell on the bench. We have Priscilla Owen, and Janice Rogers Brown. Why take a chance with an unknown whose credentials hardly compare to those of the above three, and probably a hundred others?
See if you can answer the following question honestly:
If George W. Bush had a filibuster-proof, 60-40 Senate (with the 60 all conservative republicans), would he have chosen Harriet Miers. If your answer is "Yes," you are fooling yourself.
"Bush knows her well. He knows her better than he could possibly know any other potential candidate.
And he describes her as a pitbull in size 6 shoes."