[Pessimist]

"She immediately won the praise of the leader of the Democrats in the Senate. And yet she may end up making Justices Scalia and Thomas look like a couple of card carrying lefties. "

While none of us know how she'll end up being, and he's certainly entitled to disagree w/ Will, I have to say nothing in his article supports his claim (however exaggerated) that she may be to the right of Scalia or Thomas.

[KC_Conspirator]

And yet she may end up making Justices Scalia and Thomas look like a couple of card carrying lefties.

The problem is that there is NO evidence to suggest this this.

[IMRight]

While none of us know how she'll end up being, and he's certainly entitled to disagree w/ Will, I have to say nothing in his article supports his claim (however exaggerated) that she may be to the right of Scalia or Thomas.

She would be the first evangelical Christian put on the court since something like the 30's. That says something.... something substantial. She may very well become the conservative version of the activist left. Scalia and Thomas are conservative because a true reading of the Constitution supports it... while at least a couple on the left rule that was DESPITE the text of the constitution. Miers may end up being the right's version of an activist judge. I prefer someone who rules the right way for the right reasons... but I will settle for someone who rules the right way because she agrees with me. :-)

[Virginia Queen]

Have you seen anything that says she is to the left of them?? His odds for being right about what he says are as good as Wills' are.

[sine_nomine]

Can we think of any Bush appointee who is a committed conservative? I hope the Roberts nomination turns out well. There is some hope for him. The Bush defense of the Church Lady and the Democrats' support of her make me deeply suspicious. Obviously a deal was made in advance. The Senate Republicans were told, "You will back the nominee," before they knew the name.

The Bush administration and the current GOP leadership have made the Republicans the Party of Appeasement. They always seek to placate the Left by surrendering the high ground.

It reminds me of the Byzantines defending their city in the Fourth Crusade. All a Western knight had to do upon entering a hole in the wall was pull out his sword. The soldiers could have turned this first invader into tomato sauce. Instead, they ran like bunnies, the beginning of the end of that battle, the beginning of the end of Constatinople.

I will vote GOP with my nostrils pinched shut, but I will vote for conservative principles, not for those who fake it (like McCain, et al.).