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Bush has nominated Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the SCOTUS. I'm appalled: 1. She's 60. There were lots of highly qualified younger candidates out there who would have sat on the court for decades. 2. She has no judicial experience. 3. She has no public track record of proven conservative judicial values (what happened to Bush's 2000 promise to appoint people in the old of Scalia and Thomas?). How do we know she won't be another Souter? or Kennedy? 4. She's a Bush crony, which is an unfortunate choice for an administration that has been fairly charged...

Austin American-Statesman (Texas) November 18, 1994 FRIDAY SECTION: CITY/STATE LENGTH: 731 words HEADLINE: Bush promotes key campaign aides into administration BYLINE: Stuart Eskenazi BODY: Gov.-elect George W. Bush on Thursday elevated some of the principals of his successful campaign into crucial positions in his new administration. He also turned to an old college chum to help further assemble his flock. The Bush staff includes Joe Allbaugh, executive assistant; Karen Hughes, communications director; Vance McMahan, policy director; Clay Johnson, appointments director; Margaret LaMontagne, deputy appointments director; retiring Sen. Dan Shelley, legislative liaison; and Stacie Lawson, deputy legislative liaison. Bush also called...