What I don't understand is Frum's obsession on getting this nomination derailed before she even comes up for a vote.
What I get from opponents like Frum (even Rush and others) is that they are throwing a temper tantrum because they didn't get their way and they think they are too important to the GOP not to get their way. I sense conceit and elitism ("Listen to me, waa, waa, waa."). Harriet Miers is the little guy, not the high falutin' Ivy League elitist know-it-all, so other high falutin' elitists in the GOP don't like the pick because it's not one of them.
Rush alway complains about the "pointy headed liberal elites", but we're seeing "pointy headed conservatives". Apparently Miers doesn't have the right credentials to rub shoulders with the "pointy headed conservatives".
At least Miers has the guts to stay in there and take the abuse, unlike Owens and others on the short list who didn't want to go through it.
Some kind of a written record of her stance on a number of issues would be nice.
Objecting to the presentation of a total enigma for confirmation to the SCOTUS (ESPECIALLY after Kelo vs. New London) is not "elitist" to use your characterization.