I'll tell you what. If there's a Supreme Court decision between now and 2006 concerning abortion or homosexuals and it goes the wrong way thanks to Alito or Roberts, the Republicans WILL lose big. It will be a nightmare.
and the irony will be that all of us will be screaming for harriet meiers.
"and the irony will be that all of us will be screaming for harriet meiers."
No way. If Alito turns out bad, if Roberts turns out bad, we'd learn something about Bush, wouldn't we? And his Miers choice would only back up that suspicion, not to mention she helped Bush select justices.
On the other hand, if Alito and Roberts turn out good, then Miers is partly vindicated for helping Bush select justices.