perfidy

Outside the Beltway has an informative round up and lots of links to reaction on SCOTUS nominee Harriet Miers' answers to the Senate questionaire. Looks like the Judiciary committee looked at it and told her, "do over!" And next time, answer the questions with more "particularity and precision." And that command came from both Republican and Democrats on the committee.

Of course, the fact that she only spent 3-1/2 pages answering the substantive questions is, to put it mildly, less than impressive. Indeed, her answers amount to a regurgitation of the first few days of an undergraduate ConLaw course.

I'm ever more convinced that she just ain't it. Loyal is a good, but not sufficient recommendation for a position as important as this. And we've had very little evidence that she has any qualifications beyond loyalty - except perhaps that she is also nice.

Bush needs to take the hit and nominate someone who is manifestly qualified. Doesn't need to be a judge necessarily, but someone who has a record of thinking clearly on constitutional issues.