"What is this over and over again harping on "She's 60."?"
Well... there was an entire stable of better qualified candidates that are in their 40's and 50's. Why take someone who will likely retire much sooner and who we know nothing about? I heard Cheney defending her on the radio before, and he gave me not one significant reason to believe that she will be a conservative justice.
I heard him, too. He nearly damned her with faint praise, didn't you think?........
Absolutely. So far, the President is 2 for 2. We were promised an originalist and so far we've gotten a minimalist (CJ Roberts) and an unknown. There is no evidence that Ms. Miers will be an originalist. Cheney's beliefs, while of some comfort in the long run prove nothing. Souter supposedly came off as a conservative in his interview with the first President Bush. This was an appalling bad nomination, especially considering the large pool of actual originalist judges there were to choose from. One almost has to hope that Justices Stevens and Ginsburg remain healthy until we can elect a conservative to nominate their replacements.