Exactly. A person in her position would have been among the city's elite in the business community, and have the respect of the other 200+ ego-driven partners in her firm. She'd have to be a topnotch lawyer and administrator, used to takiing tough positions and holding to them. For anyone to equate her to an "office manager" is a joke.
I can tell you from personal experience that other lawyers have zero respect for a "rainmaker" who hasn't got top flight legal skills. That kind of person may get a corner office in return for bringing in the bux, but they do NOT make managing partner.
(And the other lawyers make fun of them when they're not around.)
Sounds like Coulter's comment on Maher's show that Miers is "a cleaning lady." Sorry Ann but that is not just unfunny but downright slanderous. When Ann or any critic has been the head honcho of a 200+ law firm and the head of a state bar of the third largest state and the chief attorney for a sitting president who was instrumental in vetting strong conservative justices etc. then we can talk.
Until the hearings I am not going to dismiss Ms. Miers - she deserves a chance to prove herself after all the bickering and rude putdown of her character. It is as simple as that
There are easily 15-20 attorneys in my mid-sized city who have accomplished as much if not more as an attorney or managing partner as Harriet Miers has. Why shouldn't one of them be nominated?
Considered in the best light, Miers is a sad, barely adequate choice. Compared to Luttig, McConnell, or Rogers-Brown, Miers is woefully inadquate. Her nomination is an embarrassment to the Bush Administration, which is why Harry Reid is so high on it.