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Real Clear Politics has a new poll out also. Basically, it appears most Republicans have adopted a wait for the confirmation hearing attitude. I'm continuing my naive belief that President Bush has far more information on Miers, RINOs, and etc... than I do... I'm not concerned that her qualifications are the "best possible"...brilliance does not always translate into practical ability to achieve goals...and the "goal" for me is a Supreme Court Justice who protects the Constitution from an activist judiciary legislating from the bench.

Given the variety of polls I've seen (which show a generally more positive attitude towards Miers than not...)...I'm beginning to believe the "controversy" over her nomination is a media driven event at this point. It's a slow news cycle and the continual revolving discussion on Miers really is not producing new information...the polls do not reflect a mass uprising against her and it's unlikely the nomination will be withdrawn. So, what's the point other than giving us something to gnaw on for a couple of weeks until the Confirmation Hearings. Perhaps, in the continuing talk show discussion something more substantive will come out...goodness knows I cannot help from listening...Rush earlier, Hannity now, Ingram later...

From the beginning, the White House knew that there will be a very vocal minority among conservatives (including many talk show hosts and pundits) that will oppose the Miers nomination publicly. On the other hand the very vocal conservative minority opposing the Miers nomination did not realize that their power will only extend over a minority of conservatives and they thought that they were going to bring a majority of conservatives and Republican to their camp.

They thought they have the power to do it, but they have failed to realize that the majority of Republicans and Conservatives have much more loyalty to President Bush and trust in his judgment, or at least wait and see what Miers will be about before destroying her without knowing anything about her. This vocal minority of conservatives failed miserably in their calculations and many of them are not willing to admit they were wrong so they are going deep in their rhetoric.

Basically, it appears most Republicans have adopted a wait for the confirmation hearing attitude.

An indifference which the Democrats, and perhaps any of the GOP on the Judiciary Committee who might not like Bush's inner circle pick, can leverage to the point of a nomination rejection.

If she attempts to emulate the artful non-answers of John Roberts, there is no way she will be confirmed, because there is no trust that she has the requisite legal intellect to be a SCOTUS justice. In the hearings, she will have to demonstrate a breadth of knowledge of Constitutional law, or be sent down.

The Republicans successfully attacked Michael Brown for not knowing how to run a crucial federal agency; does anyone think that they won't be able to test whether or not Miers is suited for the SCOTUS?