To: Republican stalwarts having the vapors over the nomination of Harriet Miers From: Realm of Sanity Subj: All is forgiven, please come home Ladies and gentlemen; please lie down on the floor, put a cold compress on your foreheads, and try to calm yourselves. Deep breathing helps. If you begin to feel dizzy, recall that you cannot fall off the floor — although recent actions of the Democratic Party cast some doubt on this observation. So you were hoping for J. Michael Luttig or Emilio Garza, or maybe one of the Two Ediths, and you got Harriet Miers. You're disappointed...