[Sloth]

What other agendas? As much as I think the anti-Miers folks were wrong to attack a nominee by our own party, I don't doubt for a second their desire for an originalist on the SCOTUS, in fact, that is what was driving their actions.

Exactly correct. It's the PRO-Miers people who are mindlessly interested only in the 'R' team scoring points against the 'D' team, without regard to ideology.

[TheDon]

It's the PRO-Miers people who are mindlessly interested only in the 'R' team scoring points against the 'D' team, without regard to ideology.

I would disagree with that assessment. I would guess by pro-Miers you mean anti-anti-Miers. Most of those opposed to the anti-Miers onslaught were of the wait and see variety. As for the ideology angle, it's always nice to think you are more "pure" than someone else, but in this case, I think both sides want originalists on the SCOTUS, they just had a disagreement on whether Miers was one. Of course, it's a moot point now.