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This article is just spin. I don't see any reasoning, he's simply buying everything he's fed, when he didn't buy it yesterday. I don't know what he was given or who spoke to him, but this editorial is not intellectually honest.

" She promised to "strictly apply the laws and the Constitution." --- she proved to be a very effective leader opposing the American Bar Association's official stance in support of abortion, including active support of taxpayer-funded abortions. --- she is deeply committed to the conservative ideal that the people themselves, not an unelected elite, should be able to decide about deeply held values. --- In addition, Ms. Miers brings an important type of diversity to the bench: diversity of experience. --- And perhaps most important, Mr. Bush has worked closely with Ms. Miers every day since his days as governor. The president knows her and knows what kind of justice she will make.

There is plenty of evidence and testimony that Miers will strictly interpret the Constitution, as she has demonstrated by the way she works and what she has stated in her words.

What is your evidence that she won't fulfill the intent of President Bush: "A Justice must be a person of accomplishment and sound legal judgment. A Justice must be a person of fairness and unparalleled integrity. And a Justice must strictly apply the Constitution and laws of the United States, and not legislate from the bench."

Nothing in her record suggests that she is lying about her intent "to strictly apply the laws and the Constitution" and "to be true to the founders' vision", or that The President is incorrect in his evaluation of her Constitutional philosophy. He knows far, far more about her than anybody else does in this respect. It is highly likely he knows far more about her Constitutional philosophy than he knows about any other USSC justice prospects.

Face it: THE MAJOR REASON people are opposing Miers is that they wanted a bloody fight over this USSC justice, and this is simply their temper tantrum.