[Former Military Chick]

Have to say, this is an excellent move if one wants to avoid the yack fest of the hearings scrutinizing her legal writings and those decisions made from the bench (since she was not a judge).

That is not to say she will not have writings to review but this really does put a snag in things should folks have wanted feisty hearings.

OK, OK, one can hope, we are dealing with some really unfair minded democrats.

Bush consulting with 80 senators says something for this nomonee.

[floriduh voter]

bttt

[AlaskaErik]

All I can say is that this is a very disappointing nomination.

[Brilliant]

Miers, 60....

This is the biggest problem with her. She's not going to be on the Court very long.

[newzjunkey]

The AP says, Miers is leading the White House effort to help Bush choose a nominee to the Supreme Court.

Yikes.

[hflynn]

I have to say that both President Bush and Harriet said everything possible to make her confirmation near impossible. Why? Looks like a lot of Democrats are going to be forced to publicly smear a woman.

[IVBama]

I must have missed the amendment that gave the Senate the authority to appoint justices.

[RWR8189]

What Bush needed was a monster battle in the Senate, ending the nuclear option, not a stealth nominee.

If he wanted to get the base behind him and energized before 2006, he should have picked a strict constructionist, he has not done that here.

Its been a bad few months for the President and he had a chance set the news agenda and get all that crap off the tv for a while.

There are charges of cronyism going around about Brown over at FEMA and the INS director, and he goes and picks his personal lawyer? What was he thinking?

At best Miers maintains the balance of the Court, and that is best case scenario.

I was promised Scalias and Thomases when I put down thousands of dollars and numerous hours for this man to be President. I was satifisfied with Roberts, but Miers is bush league.

Didn't he learn from his father's mistake on Souter?

[thegreatbeast]

She also became the first female president of the Dallas Bar Association in 1985 and was the first woman elected president of the Texas Bar Association in 1992.

No, thank you. I'm not hopeful of anyone who has such involvement with the ABA.

[skinkinthegrass]

Well...I think RB, would have been a better choice.

...the 'RATs are going to "BITCH", no matter who GWB nominates...

IOW, The 'Rats bluff has worked..."NO RB, Always playing it safe". :(

[skinkinthegrass]

Well...I think RB, would have been a better choice.

...the 'RATs are going to "BITCH", no matter who GWB nominates...

IOW, The 'Rats bluff has worked..."NO RB, Always playing it safe". :(

[WKB]

Who Is Harriet Miers?



President Bush's pick for the USSC?
Do I win the prize?

[OldFriend]

Got to #3 before the Donner Party showed up!

[Altair333]

Sounds like a post-menopausal Souter. I think I'm going to be sick.

[neutrality]

Might be this http://www.exodusministriesinc.com/

[westmichman]

Howard Dean has praised her in the past. This is probably bad news, but democrats have been known to flip[flop occasionally.

[thoughtomator]

The signs on this one are very bad. Roberts - still effectively unknown - looks like a conservative's dream compared to this one. Government careerist with several red flags indicating a high probability of a severe left turn on the bench - no thanks.

[linkinpunk]

she received numerous other awards from ... the Anti-Defamation League

Can't wait for Kennedy to laber her a racist.

[metmom]

I noticed that MSNBC.com states: "Bush picks an insider" while FOXNews.com simply says: "Bush picks Miers". Gives me the impression he might have made a decent choice if the MSM is already trying to sway the issue.

[Raycpa]

f this woman is an unabashed follower of Christ then I'm sure this is not only a good pick, it is Holy Spirit led.