"After getting thoroughly trashed by them, they expect her to cheerfully approve their recommendations... "
Not at all. I'd expect Miers to hold a grudge and squash conservative candidates for the judiciary. Hey, she doesn't disappoint.
In DC, people don't get mad, they get even.
And some of the crap that flew about Miers is the sort of thing that I would not say about anyone unless I was willing to fight a duel over those remarks.
Bottom line: if this is true, conservatives have taken yet another opportunity to not learn a lesson about not angering people they need to be on good terms with...
She's certainly done a lousy job of squashing candidates. You're projecting.