Perhaps we should wait for the hearings before rendering a final judgment. I suspect Miers is marginal to incompetent, but let us wait and see. The ideological comments won't cut any mustard. If Bush wants to appoint a moderate, he will get his way. But if Bush picked an incompetent crony, then he may not. The fact of the matter is that nobody knows her views on Constitutional issues, including probably Miers herself. But I suspect she is more likely to vote to overturn Roe than Roberts is. The Dems will be probing that. Maybe you can get her tanked with a right-left coalition.
No reason to wait for the hearings to give initial impressions. And the hearings will reveal little. Remember, the so-called Ginsburg standard? Now, the Republican senators are committed to not pursuing hard-hitting questions, as that was their position with Roberts and why they cited the Ginsburg standard. The Democrats will attack, regardless of any standard. But you can already tell, from the discussion here, that there's precious little substance in terms of judicial philosophy to go on. That's a fact, and certainly worthy of comment now.