[Impeach98]

"None of those people are perfect but they've all got a hell of a lot longer record of opinion than, say, Harriet Miers, and they are all solidly in the conservative camp."

Amen. I appreciate the 'longer record of opinion than, say, Harriet Miers,"

In fairness, she does have a bit of a record, but we are told to disregard her pre-1988 record (which is somewhat fair, since people change) but then there isn't a whole lot to evaluate post-1988 which kind of makes it a Catch 22.

[thoughtomator]

That's true, we do have some hard evidence on her, and that hard evidence says we should expect Al Gore style policy preferences. I am willing to entertain the "she's changed" story - if only there were a shred of evidence to back it up!

[handy]

In fairness, she does have a bit of a record, but we are told to disregard her pre-1988 record (which is somewhat fair, since people change)

That pre-88 record is just too much for me to swallow for SCOTUS. Put her on the appeals court, but SCOTUS is way too important to just ignore that stuff.