Seriously, Bush could not afford to give the Democrats a reason to vote against a male nominee. The context would have been "A man deciding what women can do with their bodies" and all that crap.
If Miers doesn't make it or drops out, you can be sure it will be a man next time around, but probably not a white man.
Hate to say it, but that's horse hocky! You can't win a war with that kind of thinking.
Way things are going it might be an illegal Mexican.