"President Bush is a politician trained in strategic thinking at Harvard Business School, . . ."
"The GOP is not the party which idolizes Ivy League acceptability as the criterion of intellectual and mental fitness."
Heh. There's no spinning this one into acceptability.
But for her job has WH counsel--a job Bush gave her--this nominee has credentials that any of several hundred attorneys in this country can match.
We're better than this.
A fine lawyer does not an outstanding Supreme Court justice necessarily make. And that's what we who have supported Bush deserve.
There are some key decisions coming up. The Democrats and RINOs have enough votes to decline to approve the nominees we really want. Their goal is to convince Sandra Day O'Connor to stay on to make those rulings by refusing to confirm people like Owen, Brown, Luttig, etc.
President Bush's goal is to get someone on board before those rulings who meets his criteria (judges like Scalia, Thomas). He knows Harriet Miers. His father did not know David Souter. It is understandable that conservatives are very concerned and emotional about this. Bush's legacy, not to mention the fate of the Republic, rests on these judicial appointments (and confirmations).
A fine lawyer does not an outstanding Supreme Court justice necessarily make.
Either does a Federal judge.
A "fine judge" does not an oustanding Supreme Court justice make either, IMHO. :)
A judge does not even have to BE a lawyer; I wish Bush had put forth Limbaugh....
Well, then, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fine legal scholar. Maybe you'd prefer someone in her mold instead.