[alnick]

From the AP article: "The 55-year-old jurist was Bush's favorite choice of the judges in the last set of deliberations but he settled instead on someone outside what he calls the "judicial monastery," the officials said."

While I'll always be leery of anonymous sources, this makes sense as to why he chose Miers. We'll never know how she would have turned out as a justice. It's a shame we've now ruled out anyone without a judicial background.

[chris1]

Would you say the same thing about a surgeon about to do heart surgery on you?

[Cboldt]

It's a shame we've now ruled out anyone without a judicial background.

False conclusion, unsupported by facts in evidence.