[governsleastgovernsbest]

I don't believe W's choice of Miers had much to do with political calculation. I think it was more a matter of rewarding an old loyalist, and expressing W's pique at the way right shot down the Gonzales trial balloon.

If keen political calculation were at the heart of W's pick of Miers, why didn't the WH foresee the firestorm of conservative opposition?

[ez]

I don't believe W's choice of Miers had much to do with political calculation.

Of course not, that would you appear stupid.