Is it true that Reid recommended her ... and Schumer calls her "mainstream"?
The only hopeful news percolating out there is a report of an evangelical Christian conversion in fairly recent years.
The President has not energized his base ... he has split and demoralized it.
All the same, I don't think Miers deserves to be demonized. There is actually some pretty encouraging stuff about her here.
Hecht says about Miers' judicial philosophy: "She's an orginalist -- that's the way she takes the Bible," and that's her approach to the Constitution as well -- "Originalist -- it means what it says." He notes that her legal practice involved writing contracts rather than tort law, so she was always looking at the plain meaning of the words: "Originalist." He also says she's not a social butterfly who will be swayed by Washington dinner table conversation: "She goes to the dinners she's supposed to go to. She's not on the social circuit."
Look at her commitment in taking care of her [now 93-year-old mother] all these years. Look at her tax returns. She tithes, gave a full tithe to the church. Helps out in missions, Bible translation. These are the kinds of values she shows." Hecht and Miers "went to two or three prolife dinners in the late 80s or early 90s."