I don't see Harriet Miers getting picked. It would open up her tenure as Texas Lottery Commissioner to intense scrutiny and the central controversy of that period involves GTECH gaming scandals and Bush's Texas Air National Guard service.
Is that what Bush wants in the public eye as the Safavian and Abramoff scandals break?
From the Amarillo Globe News 7/29/99:
"Littwin's attorneys also have questioned whether Bush allies, in return for the Guard appointment, helped the state's lottery operator, GTECH, fend off efforts by Littwin that might have upset its lucrative contract.
An unsigned letter to a U.S. attorney in 1996 that Littwin's lawyers obtained in their case prompted questions about the Guard, The News said. The letter was sent after the three-member Lottery Commission voted unanimously to extend the GTECH contract for five years rather than seek new bids.
It alleged that GTECH was allowed to keep its contract in return for Barnes not revealing his help in getting Bush into the Guard, the newspaper said. A former top Bush aide who now lobbies for GTECH brokered the deal between the governor and Barnes, the letter said. Both the former aide and Lottery Commission Chairwoman Harriet Miers denied the accusations."
The allegations haven't been proved but making them the central focus of a second SCOTUS nomination seems unlikely.
You're trying to drive this thread; and I have to wonder why.