EXCELLENT point that bears repeating!!!
Who was reponsible for all those good judges Bush has appointed up to now? MIERS you say??????
If she is so supremely gifted at picking conservative judges we cannot afford for her to leave!
Being able to pick judges relates only peripherally if at all to being an effective Justice on the Supreme Court. Simon does a whizbang job at evaluating the talent on American Idol; that don't mean he can sing.
"Harriett Miers was the person whom President Bush charged with finding suitable strict constructionists for the courts
EXCELLENT point that bears repeating!!!"
Yeah, and why didn't she stick to doing her job, instead of letting herself get sucked into becoming a nominee when better candidates were out there.
Neither she nor President Bush has sufficient objectivity of the situation to realize the downside of this selection.
What this lacks is the demonstration that the ability to recognize sound judicial candidates also makes one a similar candidate.
If Ms. Miers has had a hand in selecting the judges nominated by the current administration, then she can recognize good judges. And I would have been happy with many, if not most of them, for the current opening. There is, however, the fact that there is more evidence of their expertise, experience,and committment than of her's, although, with the exception of Mr. Roberts, their nominations were for lesser positions.