[Earthdweller]

"The fact that someone would need "inside info" to know anything about this woman shows that Bush made an awful pick."

Not necessarily. Limited info worked fairly well with Roberts.

I am not a "Bush-bot" and if this pick ends up being a closest leftie I'll be the first to complain. I just think it's wise to hold your fire until you are sure you are shooting at the enemy.

[steveegg]

Not necessarily. Limited info worked fairly well with Roberts.

Mainly because the "limited" info almost unanimously pointed in a conservative direction, something the even-more-limited info on Miers doesn't do. Indeed, the last Justice that had this particular pattern of contradictory limited info was David Souter.

I am not a "Bush-bot" and if this pick ends up being a closest leftie I'll be the first to complain. I just think it's wise to hold your fire until you are sure you are shooting at the enemy.

Unfortunately, by the time we would have a better idea of whether Miers is "the enemy", she'll have written her first opinion as a there-for-life SCOTUS Justice. There's a saying that's very apt here; "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."