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Let me make the case for Ms. Meiers.

First, it is helpful to understand the conditions in the Senate. After the contentious fights over court nominees and the much-discussed compromise, several senators, including Susan Collins, asked the President to not send a controversial nominee. In better times he could afford to ignore Ms. Collins, but since so many of the conservative pundits and elected officials jumped on the Bash Bush Bandwagon over Katrina, the President's approval ratings have gone down which makes Congress nervous, being the cowards that they are. Meiers' nomination is partially their fault.

Now, what I think is that Ms. Meiers is a stealth nominee. If you look at her life history, there is much to say that she will be a strict constructionist.

She has an undergraduate degree in mathematics, which points to a logical mind which looks at facts, not feelings. She has been actively involved in two Christian ministries. She worked to overturn the pro-chooice position of the ABA. She has donated to pro-life candidates, including one from outside the state of Texas.

She has specialized in corporate law, which means she won't actively work against business. She has conducted herself with integrity as has been attested to by a great many people.

She worked her way up in her profession without any connections, in an era in which women were not universally respected as having the qualities to be decent attorneys.

And most importantly, it has been Harriet Meiers who ha vetted many of the candidates who have been praised on this board...Brown, Owens, Estrada, etc.

She is probably not the best person he could have named; she is the best person who he could have named who is conservative and who could get confirmed.

Not only that, but one of her closest friends and fellow church members -- Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht -- says that her social views are in line with those of the conservative, evangelical church that they both attend.

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"the President's approval ratings have gone down which makes Congress nervous, being the cowards that they are"

Your logic seems to be that because his ratings are down it's OK to make a cowardly choice. I disagree completely with that idea, now is the time to stand up for what you truly believe in and I think that the President did just that. He made the cowards choice.

"she is the best person who he could have named who is conservative and who could get confirmed"

I'm not sure I agree with you on this point either.

There is no doubt in anyones mind the JRB is a conservative and I think she could get appointed with the help of the Vice President and of course we would also deal the death blow to the idea that SCJ's can be filibustered.

My posts do not take issue with your point of view, you may be completely correct in your assumptions, time will tell.

I take issue with your cheap shots at men and your method of reasoning. Because we disagree does not make me a "girlie man" no more than it makes you a she male.