I didn't agree with her regarding Roberts and I still don't. But the Miers nomination could prove to be a complete FUBAR. Does anyone here believe that Miers will handle as adroitly the constitutional questions as Roberts. Given that he set one helluva high bar, President Bush would have been well-advised to have picked someone who would not completely pale in comparision.
If his first pick had been a non-sitting judge, then their lack of experience and knowledge of caselaw would have been, perhaps, "refreshing." I fear this will prove to be a complete embarrasment.
I don't care how good a person she is (I imagine she is a wonderful person), but she can't possibly have the qualifications to be sitting on the Supreme Court. 99% of all licenses attorneys, in my opinion, don't have them.
I will try to be fair and keep an open mind. Maybe she is qualified. God help us.
When I think of the nominees of first-class intellect and unbending moral spine he could have picked--such as Luttig, McConnell, and Rogers-Brown--whose qualifications and conservative credentials are well-established and unyielding, I am filled with disgust beyond words that he would overlook them and choose his personal lawyer because Reid praised her to him.
OK -
Play a "hat if" game:
(1) Bush nominates her....
(2) She is trashed/Borked in the Senate (insanity) hearing for nonsensical and irrelevent reasons,
(3) Her name is pulled and substitute is sent up, but the demo's can't trash him/her with the same excuses twice ...
(4) Bush gets the SECOND NAME through.