I had flagged the same phrase you did: in Washington. It literally jumped out at me. I think we're finally unraveling the mystery of the seemingly inexplicable opposition to this nomination. They don't think Miers is worthy to join the club.
She doesn't have the "right" credentials, she doesn't know the right people, she didn't spend her life enmeshed in theoretical legal scholarship. She didn't play by the elite legal establishment rules and now it's not "fair" that she's allowed in!
All the issues you mention are trifles. The issue is Miers, not Frum. If she supports racial preferences, (nobody has refuted this charge) she is unfit for the SC, an certainly unfit to be called a conservative. PERIOD.
she doesn't have the "right" credentials, she doesn't know the right people, she didn't spend her life enmeshed in theoretical legal scholarship. She didn't play by the elite legal establishment rules and now it's not "fair" that she's allowed in!
Take out :"Miers name" and "legal" and insert President Bush and President.
I am disgusted with this criticism. This President does not deserve this from his own party.