"The Constitution gives him the authority to make SC picks, not some howling mob."
So now principled opposition is equivalent to a howling mob. Nice.
No. Screaming, calling Miers a "paper stapler," a "cleaning lady," endlessly posting her writings and snickering, calling her "a waste of a human being," and running ads against her on national cable television is what howling mobs do.
If you're not part of that, then you're not part of the mob.