And a bureaucrat is not exactly the perspective I would want on the Supreme Court. I really think Harriet Miers is probably a great lady. She sounds like she is pro-life and pro-guns. But I also think that she is willing to compromise on her values because of her bureaucatic background. I am up in the air on her. Bush has misplayed his hand, and it is kind of too late to deal a new one.
I don't question that she is loyal to Bush...as to how strong a conservative she is, I don't know. But that's the problem, there are far too many questions about her. We don't have the reassurance of her having clerked for Rehnquist or being a member of the Federalist Society, like Roberts. Bush was asked to give a proven jurist, he provided an enigma.
Regards, Ivan