Robert Bork-even before he found religion-was an indisputably conservative jurist, who adhered to the plain text and meaning of the Constitution.
While Miers might be a wonderful woman, and a devout, faithful Christian, I'd rather be dazzled by an extensive paper trail, or a series of dazzling legal opinions.
What an individual believes personally and what they do publicly are two entirely different things, as far as I'm concerned.
We'll have to disagree that he is a faithful Roman Catholic. The faithful priests I know are not venom spewing left wingers who delve into politics wearing a collar.
One who dazzled you or me would not be confirmed with our current senate majority, so unless a nominee were willing to be a sacrificial lamb and POTUS were willling to serve-up that nominee as canon fodder, we're just going to have to trust the judgement of the man we elected.
For all we know right now, this woman might not win confirmation. Leahy already has "concerns" --- that she is too close to POTUS and his views. :)
If she's knocked out, I think the next one will cause all hell to break loose... because at that point the Rats will have shown themselves as partisans and nothing more.