Boyd

Another grating phrase I keep hearing from the few diehard Bush supporters trying to salvage this nomination is that she "opened doors" for women. All well and good. But I repeat: This tells us nothing about Miers' judicial philosophy or temperament. We need strong conservative intellects on the court. Not bellhops.

A small minority of readers say we should wait and see, trust Bush, and hold out hope that Miers is a stealth candidate. This last line of defense is truly pathetic. We have a Republican House. A Republican Senate. And a Republican White House. Why is it, after working so hard to put a president in power who promised to appoint conservative judges, that we have to settle for crossing our fingers and accepting a blank-slate Supreme Court nominee with an ideological paper bag over her head?