Comments on: Miers Asked to Provide More Detail on Questions

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:29:39 +0000

The Travails of Miers Continue

Via the NYT: Supreme Court Nominee Is Asked to Redo Response to Questions
The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers suffered another setback on Wednesday when the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked her to...

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:27:46 +0000

Redefining Stealth

(Adapted from a comment I left at OTB).
It strikes me that Harriet Miers’ nomination has wholly redefined the notion of a “stealth” candidate.
While I agree, overall, as to the nature of these Senate questionnaires, it does seem to...

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:20:53 +0000

While I agree, overall, as to the nature of these questionaires, it does seem to me that the inability of Miers to deal with them underscores the fact that it is requisite to appoint someone who has spent some time actualy thinking about these things as they pertain to the position for which she has been nominated.

Overall I tend to find the Senate "research" at this point of the nomination cycle to be absurd, but in this case, it is all we really have--we knew far more at this stage about Thomas and Souter both than we do about Miers, and they were the quintessential "stealth" candidates up and until this point.

Consider how much more we, the informed public, knew about Roberts at this point in the process versus what we know about Miers.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:14:59 +0000

Senate Democrats Meet Nominee Miers

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers met with Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats Monday. Hearings o