[Ninian Dryhope]

"Oh, I forgot to mention that Jumpin' Jim Jeffords also voted for Roberts."

Big deal. I have news for you, so did Leaping Patrick Leahy.

That said, I believe the Roberts and Miers will both be good Supreme Court Justices.

I could be wrong. I've been wrong in the past many times. The fact remains, however, that all the weeping, gnashing of teeth, and tearing or hair by conservatives over the Miers nomination is unseemly and a waste of time and effort. She will be the next Justice. We will see how she rules. If she rules poorly, we all can pitch a bitch, but to do so before the fact is just silly.

I disagree with Bush here and there now and again, but in whole he has done a pretty good job under the circumstances and I think he wants the same sort of judges on the Supreme Court as I want, i.e., judges who rule according to the law and not as liberal judges do, first figuring out what they thing would be good social policy and then coming up with some legalistic argument to justify their political aspirations.

Based on the constitution, affirmative action is unconstitutional and there is no constitutional right to abortion. We'll see if the new court cannot manage to steer the law back in the direction, despite legal precedents.

[steveegg]

If she rules poorly, we all can pitch a bitch, but to do so before the fact is just silly.

I'll bet you said that in 1981, 1987, and 1990. The only problem with wild-cards is, once you know what they're worth on the bench, yuo can never, ever remove them.