I think the "reporter" is lying outright about "A Texas Republican I spoke with, who knows Miers well".
The discourse about Miers was never mean spirited and never directed at her personally or her personal values. For the most part, people thought she was probably a very nice person and having gotten to the position she was in - the Presidents counsel - she was obviously very smart. She just did not have the legal and intellectual heft for an Associate Supreme Court Justice.
You have a very selective memory.
The National Review brat pack likened Miers to Caligula's horse and Barney the dog, and Peggy Noonan referred to her as Bush's office wife.
Oh, please. You have to have been under a rock for the last few weeks. Hear are some of the "non-personal" comments from the pundits:
Cleaning lady
Paper pusher
Legal secretary
Church lady
Graduate of a second tier school
Posters on FR chimed in with charges of brown-noser, lesbian, old maid, groupie, etc.
I do not appreciate revisionist history from the left, and I sure as heck I will not tolerate it from the right.