JRB's nomination would have caused a fight and everyone knows it, the fight would have been over Brown's public record and the RINO's might have even voted against her.
The fight over Meyers will be based on her lack of qualifications and her faith, making her detractors elitists and anti-Christian.
Bush has chosen to make this fight on ground of his own choosing.
"Bush has chosen to make this fight on ground of his own choosing"
But in doing so he broke a promise to millions of conservatives who believd what he said about picking a judge in the mold of Scalia and Thomas.
Who knew the Texas gambling commisioner was a fundamentalist Christian, and when did they know it? ;-)