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I share your frustration and fear. I wish it had been Owens or Luddig, but honestly, I don't feel confident that them or someone like them could have been confirmed with all the pathetic moderate and liberal democrats in the Judiciary committee and the Senate. If such a candidate was defeated with the help of Republicans, then we'd definitely get a o'conner moderate at best. The one thing I am hopeful of, is that Bush is a good judge of character, which he has been so far, and that he knows that Miers is a real conservative after his decade long relationship with her, and that because of his personal knowledge of her, and her voicing of opinions to him over the years, he knows she will be a Justice like Scalia and Thomas. That's something only he can know, and no one else can disprove that possibility as it's something only Bush himself knows for certain.

I also am hopeful and prayerful that, as Bush is a dedicated Christian, as he's proven, he has spent a lot of time in prayer about this and truly knows that Miers will be the kind of Justice that is needed, like Scalia and Thomas are. Anti-Miers people keep saying "well, that's just "trust Bush", and I don't". It has nothing to do with trust. I trust no man. It has to do with faith. And I do have faith and believe that Bush is a dedicated Christian, and that he knows this woman, far better than any of her critics know her. If he is correct in his belief and feelings about her personal philosophy, then we will be very happy with Miers in a few months. If he's wrong and was not mindful in prayer about her at all, and is a terrible judge of character, then we will have been disappointed by W. because of Miers, just like we were let down by Reagan with kennedy and o'conner and Bush 41 with souter. Right now, there are no facts to substantiate the strong opposition of Miers. It's all supposition and fear of what may happen. God willing, Bush will be as right about Miers as he was with all his other judicial nominees which were ALL good solid conservatives, which Miers was the main person to pick them to send to Bush. I hold out hope for all of that that this will work out, and I say that out of faith, not trust. Lots of prayer is needed, and if she wouldn't be the kind of Justice that Scalia and Thomas have proven to be, then God willing, she will withdraw herself or Bush will withdraw her.