Finally, Miers came to her senses and bowed out of the nomination. She got Bush off to hook for nominating her in the first place. I think this is exactly why I didn't think she was right for the job:
Republicans and Democrats alike questioned her qualifications — Miers had never served as a judge — and Bush faced charges of cronyism for tapping his former personal lawyer for the highest court in the land.
She was never a judge and wanted her first job on the bench to be the most powerful one in the nation? I think there should be some sort of list of qualifications that the person must meet to be considered for the job. Like years of experience as a appeals court judge or something.
And that cronyism charge is part of the reason why Bush's number are down. He keeps putting his friends and confidants in at posts even if they are unqualified. He's acting like a Tammany Hall Boss here. This is worryingng statement though:
Conservative jurists who received serious consideration last time or somebody outside what Bush calls the "judicial monastery," perhaps a current or former senator who would be welcomed by the GOP-controlled Senate.
The judicial monastery? Well these are judges considered for a job for a judge right? It's like getting professional tennis stars to play football. Sure they are athletic but they don't have the right skills to excel at the position. And a senator is right out unless he was a former judge. That guy will really get the unqualified tag pretty fast. Maybe he should tap a constitutional law scholar of some kind. Kind of like his FED chief is a former economics professor.
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