The anti-Miers crowd has joined with the democrats and are DEMANDING that the Senate reject Miers because she's not the super-duper-best-candidate-on-the-face-of-the-earth. They're demanding that Miers ideology (which they don't know) be used as a reason to dump her in the gutter. They've joined the ranks of the shrieking harpies on the left. Y'all ought to be proud of yourselves.
With all due respect I think those of us in the grassroots - and many of the pundits - would call this characterization of Miers' very generous. She's a nominee with no experience in constitutional law, no record of expressed opinions, an unproven ability/intellect. Again, I think those who say "try Miers out on a lower court" have it right. It's the only defensible position that is intellectually honest for Miers supporters to take, and they should take it to stop the bleeding. Miers' reputation takes a hit each day this Administration and its supporters have offered progressively worse defenses for Miers' nomination to the SCOTUS.