cronyism is incredible

Harriet E. Miers has never served as a judge. So she'll have no pesky record to review and slow down the nomination process. Phew, I thought we were going to have to seriously consider this position of utmost importance.

As always, check out SCOTUS blog for the most in-depth coverage. Their take this morning is:

"Miers suffers, perhaps greatly, by comparison to the President Bush's other nominee, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and few observers would expect her to perform at anywhere near to his level before the Judiciary Committee. Only senators wholly committed to Bush's choice, perhaps solely because he made it, are likely to have an easy time with the nomination if her performance is visibly lacking.

Longtime Confidante of Bush...nyt