No, he doesn't. He deserves to nominate people - after that, the bright lights of scrutiny come on. In this case, it looks like Bush boofed it again.
And we're going to be "at war" forever; it enables Big Stupid Government to grow endlessly and gives Party-Uber-Alles hacks an excuse to coerce mindless uniformity. Until the whole mess falls apart.
War Is the Health of the State - Randolph Bourne
Two reasons why I don't like this pick, without even going into "cronyism." One, it tells the left that they did the right thing in opposing Robert Bork in '87, because now, even with a Republican majority in the Senate, a Republican president feels that he has to nominate a "stealth candidate" that has no long paper trail of decisions or a record of constitutional law to to review.
Secondly, what does this tell young conservative judges and attorneys who might someday aspire to the court? That they better keep a low profile, because anything they do or say that would indicate a belief in the Constitution the way the founders intended can be used against you.
I thought Roberts was an inspired pick, but Miers is looking to be just not qualified. With Brownback expressing reservations, I am beginning to doubt that she will make it out of the judiciary committee hearings.