[hispanichoosier]

That is why I trust that President Bush choosed Miers because he knows she is an Originalist and a Conservative and has much more chances of being confirmed by the Senate than a publicly known conservative nominee.

I can respect your trust in the President but cannot share it. Unlike Roberts, she has not practiced constitutional law, so there is no way to ensure that she is an originalist or a conservative. I will work for her defeat, and you can work for her success. If she's defeated, I hope the President will nominate somebody with a conservative record. If she's approved, I hope that your trust in the President was well-placed.

[jveritas]

Fair enough.

[CharlesWayneCT]

It doesn't effect your argument about miers, but Roberts had no real record to show he was an originalist, and his answers on the question suggested he wasn't ideologically originalist. Being versed in constitutional law does not itself reveal one's judicial philosophy.

That is why many here still are wary of Roberts. And therefore why they see this not as the first bad nomination, but the 2nd.