Miers Selection Very Disturbing

If this WSJ article doesn't depress conservatives about the selection process of Harriet Miers, nothing will. There is anything but agreement on this choice and I'm pretty confident that she will not be installed to the High Court.

Indeed, even internal advice was shunned. Mr. Card is said to have shouted down objections to Ms. Miers at staff meetings. A senator attending the White House swearing-in of John Roberts four days before the Miers selection was announced was struck by how depressed White House staffers were during discussion of the next nominee. He says their reaction to him could have been characterized as, "Oh brother, you have no idea what's coming."

A last minute effort was made to block the choice of Ms. Miers, including the offices of Vice President Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. It fell on deaf ears. First Lady Laura Bush, who went to Southern Methodist University at the same time as Ms. Miers, weighed in. On Sunday night, the president dined with Ms. Miers and the first lady to celebrate the nomination of what one presidential aide inartfully praised to me as that of "a female trailblazer who will walk in the footsteps of President Bush."

Drudge has much more on Harriet Miers. I think she's a doomed candidate. Even though it will hurt Bush politically not to get his pick confirmed, I think it will hurt him more if he does get her confirmed. And if Bush no longer has any political capital (which I still highly doubt, since there are 55 Republican Senators) so be it. A Supreme Court pick is too important.