[etradervic]

Unless she commits some major error at the hearings, I think that she will receive the votes.
The Left will try to find an issue in her testimony. In all probability, she should not make any substantial mistakes.
The Left will then do what they always do and make themselves look like idiots by attacking her personal religious beliefs.
You will know that the hearings are over once she gets the "Evangelical Christian" question.

[Cicero]

The Left will then do what they always do and make themselves look like idiots by attacking her personal religious beliefs.

I thought from the beginning that that was probably Bush's ploy: Put up an Evangelical woman candidate, get the Democrats to hammer her for her religion, and that way get them to weaken themselves even further in the heartland. A woman works better for this than a man, because it makes them look worse when they hammer her.

The only trouble with this ploy is that she isn't qualified to sit on the court and is only doubtfully conservative.