Many of us are not questioning that she is qualified. There are many others who are FAR MORE qualified and PROVEN conservatives.
Only the latter might be true.
But they aren't nominated, are they?
At any given time, there is ALWAYS somebody MORE qualified for any given job.
I'm sure there is somebody in Pennsyvlania more qualified to be a senator than Arlen Specter, but most of us live in the REAL world and realize you have to deal with who is either in the job or in line for the job.