[RepublicanCentury]

Miers is almost certainly further to the right than Justice O'Connor, so her confirmation will by definition move the Court to the right. Further movement to the right requires retirement of one of the liberal Justices (Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg). A pick that would please all FReepers would never be confirmed. That's not Bush's fault, and it won't change until the Republicans in the Senate ditch all RINOs and get 61 real Republicans in office.

[stockstrader]

Please cite your basis for the "Miers is almost certainly to the right than Justice O'Connor..." comment. "CERTAINLY" is a strong word. So is your use of DEFINITELY moving the Court to the right.

My basis for saying she is NOT, is that......anyone that contributed to the election of Bill Clinton over Bush41 is NOT to the right of Justice O'Connor (who was a solid Arizona republican). Not even close.

[irishjuggler]

Miers is almost certainly further to the right than Justice O'Connor

And we know this how? I don't remember O'Connor donating to any Democrats (she was a life-long Republican).

I'm sorry, but I'm not buying this revisionism that being a support of Al Gore and Lloyd Bentsen in 1988 is a great badge of conservatism. I mean, how much Kool-Aid does one have to drink to really believe that?

And enough with the "I was a Democrat too back then" nonsense... (1) She was 43. This wasn't some youthful indiscretion; and (2) You folks aren't SCOTUS nominees, so your personal stories of conservative conversion, though interesting, aren't all that relevant.