In Miers, she is "best" not because of those real qualifications, but because......she's a woman, she's a Christian, she supports affirmative action.....just to name a few.
The Constitution is mute on what qualifications the President must use to pick his nominee. Can't you see that it is YOUR OWN bias that only you know the "real qualifications?"
You sound like the Dems wailing for "REAL campaign finance reform," like they were the arbiters of what is REAL.
The President decided he wanted a Christian woman who he knew well on the Court. IMHO, the atheist right and the atheist left are the factions that form a coalition against this pick.
But CONSERVATIVES aren't! They want someone who is a CONSERVATIVE. Who is like SCALIA OR THOMAS. Miers ISN'T.
Conservatives are saying: Meals on Wheels service doesn't make her qualified to sit on SCOTUS. Christianity doesn't make her qualified to sit on SCOTUS. Sex doesn't make her qualified. Blindly "trusting" the President doesn't make her qualified. Her pro-affirmative action stance makes her questionable. Her lack of knowledge in the constitution makes her questionable. Her past party affiliation and donations to the Democrats/party makes her questionable.
I sound NOTHING like a Rat.