At the Washington Post (which ran the article - not National Review), it is definitely a positive spin. WaPo has a long history of pushing quotas.
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
I would rather be blind than follow your perceptions.
"There are none so blind as those who refuse to see"
I was thinking that same thing as I was reading some of these responses defending miers.
If this was a clinton appointee, they'd be up in arms. But since miers was appointed by GWB, they'll make excuses for the same thing.