One other thing. She has managed a very large and obviously therefore a very ideologically diverse law firm.
This is impressive as a professional credential.
But you don't get positions like that by being a committed conservative or, for that matter, a flaming liberal. That just makes too many people mad.
You succeed in those types of environments by being a pragmatist, a compromiser, a go along to get along.
Again, while that is an impressive professional achievement, it is not exactly what those of us who held out for a Scalia/Thomas wanted.
You are correct, unfortunately. To be conservative in the traditional sense (strict construction of the Constitution, pro-free market, limited government, balanced budget, opposition to feminism, "gay" rights, abortion, and other anti-family positions, firm adherence to Judeo-Christian morality, etc.) is to be revolutionary in the present political environment. Calvin Coolidge, Robert Taft, Sr., and Barry Goldwater would be fringe characters in the 21st Century Republican Party.
The ghost of Nelson Rockefeller has had the last laugh. The selection of Harriet Miers as an associate justice of the Supreme Court is evidence of the ideology and practice of the GOP. No spin on the part of Bush apologists can make this sow's ear into a silk purse.