I have seen so many articles, criticizing Meirs for being a closet liberal, starting with the reports about the donation to Al Gore, and ending yesterday with the article about her sponsoring some women's career seminar (claiming that she is really a closet radical feminist). Everyone neglects the fact that it was Meirs who helped select all the candidates that conservatives would have rather seen nominated. The fact is that the conservatives just don't have the power that we would like to think that we have, to get those hard line conservatives on the court.
B. Even if President Bush were only able to push through a bland, nondescript empty vessel, there were dozens of names that stood out above that of Ms. Miers.
C. Your argument illustrates the fundamental inconsistency at the heart of the pro-Miers camp. You assert that there is no evidence that she is not a conservative, yet in the same breath you lament the fact that it is impossible to get a conservative through the confirmation process. Well, which is it?