The New Girl

Sometimes I hate being right. It looked from the beginning like Bush's pick of Miers to the SCOTUS would bring on heat from both sides. Boy, was I right.

Here are a few links:
Michelle Malkin (R)
Redstate (R)
Buzzflash (D)
National Review Online (R)
BOP News (D)

Both sides are complaining about the cronie-aspect. She was never a judge and has been one of Bush's closest advisors since Texas. The far left is whining because they hate anything Bush does. The right is complaining that they voted for a man that would uphold their conservative values and he nominated a woman based on anything but.

Here's the way I'm seeing it. Bush is doing his best to get his ratings out of the gutter and get some appreciation from the Left. He most likely ignored his advisors' options and picked someone he thought the Left would like and the Right would settle with. In trying to please both parties, he's enraged both. Both Limbaugh and Franken are up in arms about his pick. Bush is trying to bring the country back together in an attempt to leave a legacy of a unified nation despite its turmoil. George, listen to your advisors. That's what they're there for.

I was hoping for at least a "Scalia-light". That is, someone that upholds the conservative values but is not as blatently opinionated as Antonin. I guess sometimes, you don't get your way. I know Shumer and Reid got theirs.