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.
1. Keeping O'Connor wasn't an option, given her decision to retire.
2. O'Connor's vote kept Roe v. Wade the law of the land. Miers tried to get the ABA to abandon its pro-choice bias.
3. I said that Miers is almost certainly to the right of Justice O'Connor, simply because Bush picked her. He is well aware that this may be the last pick he gets. I really doubt he would deliberately blow the chance to move the Court to the right.
4. After being humiliated by Roberts, the Democrats were going to filibuster any of the real conservative sitting judges mentioned on this board (Luttig, etc).
5. Miers is untouchable. She has no left no record for the Dems to beat her up with. Only Bush knows what she believes and where she'll take the Court. Do you really think she told him she dreamed of being a moderate/liberal, and he still picked her.
6. Watch - she's the anti-Souter. She'll wind up to the right of Scalia and Thomas, but by the time that becomes clear, she'll be on the Court for life.