I'm a woman too. And could care less whether he nominated a woman last time or ever again. It's the left that made gender into the "smoking gun" needed for this confirmation, not conservatives. It's the left that has made all SCOTUS nominations into a neverending abortion-affirmative action debate.
cake, while we disagreed on Miers, I could not agree more with your above statement. I keep hoping that I live long enough to see abortion/affirmative action relegated to a proper position in the debate. I keep hoping to see our country mature beyond a 1980s debate.
Serious people can certainly disagree on topics; however, now that Miers is no longer a nominee, I sincerely hope that all of us will re-focus our efforts on the things that matter and unite behind our common goals.