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I'm busy now, but if you will tell me who the better female picks are and what bona fides they have that make them superior to Miers, then we might have a discussion instead.

Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen to name tow. Others have abetter handle on the pool than I do, but there are probably a score (20) to start with, and that list might narrow to half a dozen.

There have been rumors all over the place about who was considered, who withdrew, and who was left over. The Miers defenders are saying that this pick is the best of all who were considered, who agreed to run. Some imply that if this pick is not confirmed, the next one will be worse (that argument is a head scratcher to me)

I am going to assume that Owens refused to be roasted again, and Brown was too happy with her new job to want to be roasted again this year, and that Bush was looking at names other than theirs along side Miers.

Rumors abound. We just don't know. Assumptions are a fun tool for hypothesizing alternative scenarios, brainstorming, etc., but don't illuminate Miers, the nominee. The "last woman standing" story only gives cover to Bush for this pick.

If Miers really is the best woman judge that this country can produce and set on the SCOTUS, .. now think about that ... if she's the best, then we have a serious problem. If the barrier is DME meanness, if that is what keeps qualified women off the bench, then the DEMs ought to be called out on it. But no, we're calling out conservatives because they want better.

Anyway, as I said, there are others who have more comprehensive lists of woman judges/lawyer candidates. I've seen 4 or 5 names (Owen and Brown being 2 of them), but they aren't in my recall at all.