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A Supreme Court nomination may not have been the ideal time for Laura Bush to start acting like "Buy One, Get One Free" Hillary Clinton. At least President Clinton only allowed his wife to choose the attorney general. (Remember the good old days when first ladies only got to pick the poet laureate and the White House china pattern?) Between cooking segments on the "Today" show this week, Laura rolled out the straw man – sorry, "straw person" – argument that the criticism of Miers was rooted in "sexism" (which is such a chick thing to say). I'm a gyno-American,...

ABC reports: "Senate Dems defend Miers on top court nod." Both Senators Harkin and Mikulski, quoted in the AP story, were among the 22 Democrats voting against Judge Roberts's confirmation as Chief Justice. I wonder if the conservative supporters of Harriet Meiers have any thoughts regarding what, if anything, Tom Harkin and Barbara Mikulski know about Harriet Miers that they don't? Have Harkin and Mikulski perhaps grown in office over the past couple weeks? Or do Ms. Meier's conservative critics deserve credit for drawing Harkin and Mikulski to the cause?