[dirtboy]

And he was continually referred to as not being that well qualified - and that there were other, more qualified judges.

That's my point here - I don't look just at experience. To me, the key consideration is pretty basic - does the nominee believe that words have specific meaning? Or that the meaning of words, such as "commerce" and "general welfare" can be modified as needed?

Everything else is static.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I suppose the fact that she was a contract lawyer-instead of a tort attorney-speaks in her favor.

That point was raised in another piece that was posted-I think from The World-on this website.

However, the rest of her curriculum vitae doesn't exactly overwhelm me.

That wouldn't be much of an impediment if we knew for certain that she was an originalist, but we don't.

I prefer not to leave these sorts of things to fate.