The reason I am disappointed about the Miers appointment is not because of what her supposed political views are or past political connections or involvement. I am not disappointed because she has never been a judge. The reason I am disappointed is that I don’t believe that she would even be qualified to argue a case before the supreme court, much less sit on the court as a judge if it were not for being the President’s personal attorney. She may be a great conservative, pro-life and everything else good and holy, but that does not qualify her to be on the Supreme Court. Does she posses the knowledge of past rulings and proceedings of the Supreme Court like Roberts has? What does she think about the world court, or the role of precedents of other countries rulings? What is her view of property rights? What are her views on federalism and the role of the states? We would know the answers to all of these questions if Bush had nominated Brown, Prior, Owens and many, many other potential nominees. Judge Roberts is articulate, young, and bold. Miers is older and seems to be more of a follower. Again I want to emphasize that it is not that I don’t like Miers, it is that there are SO MANY others who would have been a slam dunk, whoop there it is kind of an appointment. Rush and Ann Coulter have both stated that an all out war over this would have been the final blow to the Democratic Party. I believe the Democrats would have turned themselves into kamikaze suicide bombers in a last ditch attempt to keep control. This would have fired up our base for the 06 elections and I believe assured us a great victory.