[George W. Bush]

Attention to details, and getting things done are administrative staff pluses, that's not what you look for for senior leadership, or analysis positions.

Actually, Miers doesn't appear to even possess decisive administrative talent. A former colleague has stated that when a matter or case went into her office, that's when the hand-wringing began. The account suggests an inability to commit to a position firmly and to waver while compromising and kissing people's butts. Her whole career has the whiff of this. Reportedly, the problem was so pronounced that, while on Andy Card's staff, he lobbied to get her promoted to get her out of his office. And when experienced senior Republican lawyers met with her when she was appointed to counsel, they said she needed a very strong deputy, not exactly a recommendation.

Not the picture of fiercely independent judgment and commitment we were hoping for. Sounds like a neurotically insecure O'Connor to me. (I know, it's hard to imagine anyone beating our Sandra at that one but one gathers that Harriet possesses a special genius in this one area...)

[slowhandluke]

Not the picture of fiercely independent judgment and commitment we were hoping for. Sounds like a neurotically insecure O'Connor to me. (I know, it's hard to imagine anyone beating our Sandra at that one but one gathers that Harriet possesses a special genius in this one area...)

Now you are scaring me! This speaks very badly of the one who appointed her. I was hoping the Miers appointment would prove a momentary lack of judgement, or fit of pique. Unless he hopes to pull her strings after she is out of office, this is a monumental finger in the eye for the whole country, not just the conservatives. And if he does hope to pull her strings, it's a poke in another orifice all together.