The DUmmies think it was the plan all along, LOL.
Those guys have to find a conspiracy behind everything.
The conspiracy theory goes: nominate Miers, show to the world you really wanted a woman, not a staunch male constitutionalist, then let the base scream, and then appoint your REAL choice.
Truly a plot of Rovian magnitutde, right up there with that weather machine of his.