She may turn out to be a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas. We just don't know enough yet.
True - though one could just as easily say that she may turn out not to be.
And therein lies the problem. No one is saying she's bad or she's great -- they're saying, "We have NO way of evaluating this person, one way or the other. She has no record we can review, no great deposit of public commentary to reflect her judicial philosophy, etc."
Not so bad for Congress/Senate, where the person can be voted out in 2 or 6 years. Critically important for someone who is about to get a lifetime appointment. When it comes to the Supreme Court, the president -- and the citizenry -- can't afford a mistake.
She could be the next Scalia -- or the next Souter. WE DON'T KNOW. Do we want to roll the dice when it comes to Supreme Court appointments?
When W made his promise, we knew who Thomas and Scalia were. Their brilliant opinions, their profound understanding of our Constitutional government, were there for all to see.
The betrayal by W has happened now. It does not matter if Miers turns out to be in the mold of Thomas and Scalia. W does not know, and nobody knows, how she will turn out. W is Michael Jackson holding his baby over the railing, and smirking.
The smirk is the elder Bush non-vision thing. Hey, we are dolts! and we defy you! we are rich and privileged! We are Kennebunkport, you are voodoo!
And therein lies one (a) the problem.
NO ONE knows...but we would have had a much better idea with a Luttig or Jones.
The GOP has 55 Senators, there is NO REASON Bush couldn't push through Genghis Khan if he wanted to.
Zero leadership.
You are right, we do not know how she will turn out.
But we do know she is not a nominee in the mold of Thomas or Scalia.
That's right. OR.... she may turn out in the mold of Souter.
See, this is why everybody is so disgusted with Bush. There was no need for the slightest uncertainty.
Look, we don't get any do overs.
And the president didn't promise someone who MIGHT somehow, miraculously be a justice in the mold of Thomas and Scalia - he promised to nominate somebody who already was in that mold. Miers is not, nor do I doubt she will ever be, a Thomas or Scalia.
Don't bother. Just another drama queen....
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I never knew there were so many conservative drama queens.
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"We just don't know enough yet."
That pretty much says it, We can not be 100% sure about any nominee. Remember assume makes an ass out of U and Me.