Miers take for today: lots of comment re; GOP will look weak if they don't nominate her. Well la dee da, ain't that a toilet full? Let's see, the Democratic Party fell apart because they stopped FDR from packing the Supreme Court in 1938; they were destroyed forever when a ton of them joined Republicans to rise up against Abe Fortas, the LBJ crony. Right.

Standing on principal is something that, way down deep, we actually respect and want. People defending her are playing the sex card, the eliteist card (she went to SMU so the Ivys hate her), and naturally the unity card. How about the "is she the best available person for the job" card? It is clearly obvious that by nominating a woman for a woman's seat "the best available person" was not possible anyway. This is just the latest straw in the mountain of straws of mediocre appointments and the one that finally broke the elephant's back. The totally unqualified Julie Myers is still going to be confirmed to lead one of the most sensitive security agencies in Washington and she was jammed through committee by that RINO slut from Maine, Susan Collins.