Miers at First Blush

Even though the name of Harriet Miers last week began to rocket up the list of possible Supreme Court nominees, her nomination this morning still has me a little bit shocked.  I thought it was a forgone conclusion that the President would shore up his right flank with a Michael Luttig or an Edith Jones.

Not only has the President avoided nominating a polarizing conservative, but he has chosen the Senate Minority Leader's supposed favorite.  The best liberals have been able to muster in terms of carping is this from Chuck Schumer:

"We know even less about Harriet Miers than we did about John Roberts ..."

When they start comparing you to John Roberts, you might as well start measuring the drapes.  Gay Patriot tries to predict a few more lines of attack from the left.

Malkin sums up conservatives' initial reactions: OK, but "underwhelmed."  She also pokes at "cronyism" and Miers' lack of judicial experience. It is true that Miers has never been a judge.  But then, neither were many of the court's past luminaries, a total of 20 that includes John Marshall, Earl Warren, Warren Berger, Byron White and William Rehnquist.

Meanwhile, Drudge and RedState are highlighting her previous financial contributions to Al Gore (don't forget that he also ran for President in 1988) and Lloyd Bentsen.

If conservatives and liberals have at least something good to say about Harriet Miers, that is OK with me.  It would seem that there is still more than a little bit of a "uniter" left in this President.