[thoughtomator]

Now only a very narrow range of people will ever be considered qualified for the court. They must have degrees from Harvard, Yale or one of the other elite law schools. They must have academic and/or work experience in one specific area of the law. Never again can a "common" man or woman be considered for the court. What I mean by that is someone who has come up through the world most of us live in.

The fight for this nominee is over. Stop trying to convince yourself that what happened is what you wanted to have happened.

What happened here is that "constructionist" and "verifiable" have been added as qualifications for nominees coming from a GOP President (if he wants to hold onto the GOP base). None of those other things were ever at issue, except in the strawman arguments of supporters. Do you really think we were more concerned about her SMU education than her demonstrable prediliction for supporting racist and sexist policy?

[Wolfstar]

Stop trying to convince yourself that what happened is what you wanted to have happened.

What the hell are you talking about?

As for the arguments regarding Ms. Miers' education and lack of elite status, I didn't make them. Start with Ann Coulter and work your way down the list from there.