I am interested in people’s opinions about the confirmability of Miers versus other women discussed in these forums: JRB, Karen Williams, Corrigan, Callahan, Edith Jones, etc. I am assuming Bush felt compelled to select a female this time around.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being not at a confirmable and 10 being easily confirmable, where would you place each? For example, I would rank JRB at about a 2, Edith Jones a 3, Karen Williams a 7 or 8, and Miers a 4.
What about qualifications: on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being not at all qualified and 10 being supremely qualified? Factored in to this ranking, I would consider quality of written work product, strength of law school, federal court experience, etc. Off the top of my head, I don’t recall that much about other women’s qualifications. I know some were concerned that Karen Williams only attended South Carolina for law school. Still I’d give Williams an 8 because of her years of experience on the Fourth Circuit.
Miers a 9 not a 4 on confirmability.
I think I would have picked a man. How would you rack and stack the candidates as per your qualifications?