With the eyes of the nation upon them, a sharecroppers daughter like Janice Rogers Brown WOULD have been approved.
We would be pointing the finger at democrats for their conservative and racial bigotry, instead of those of us who disagree with the Miers appointment being accused of sexism, elitism and snobbery.
You are so wrong. And I can say they would not get approved. All they need is the "conservative" label and they're toast.
You call it defeatist, I call it realistic.