If the Miers hearing is crafted like the Roberts hearing, then we will know nothing more than we do now. My guess is it will be. We learned little more about Roberts than we did prior to the hearings.
Going forward with Owens or Brown, w might end up with a losing vote.
I think there is just as big a chance of her not being confirmed or stepping aside prior to the hearings. That would be just as damaging, especially if the only real reason would be her perceived lightweight credentials or fractured party support and not from the usual suspects.
"We" didn't? I did. I don't exactly know what you were looking for, but I watched a man make mincement of some of those "esteemed" members of the senate. With no notes.
The Senators couldn't even follow their own staff-prepared notes to keep up with asking him questions.