A Better Nominee

I am still lobbying for Janice Rogers Brown -- not that I have any illusion that anyone is actually listening. Nonetheless, David Bernstein apparently shares my affection for Judge Brown. It is nice to feel confirmed...

Janice Rogers Brown [is] popular with all wings of the movement, from libertarians to social conservatives. She's also extremely outspoken, controversial, and likely not confirmable. This illustrates the disconnect between the White House and its most intellectually active potential allies. In terms of her record, her outspokenessness, her visibility, her willingness to court controversy in defense of her principles, her independent-mindedness, and just about everything else, Harriet Miers is basically the anti-Brown (or, if you prefer, the Brown of the Bizarro universe). The only thing they seem to have in common is that Miers--as dull as Brown is interesting, as moderate-seeming as Brown is radical, as untested as a judge as Brown is experienced, as fiery a rhetoritician as Miers is a mouther of platitudes, as establishmentarian as Brown is individualist--may not be confirmable, either. Oh, and either woman energizes the Republican base; only that Miers has energized them to oppose the president, while Brown would have united them in support.

"Confirmable," in my opinion, should not be a factor. Rather the only consideration that should count is: who is the best possible candidate for the job? But, I suppose an appointment based on actual merit would conflict with all that our illustrious president stands for...

And, no, I am not going to stop ranting about this abominable appointment until she quits, is yanked off the stage, or is ultimately confirmed. And if the latter occurs, I plan to spend the immediate future spreading as many of these around the southeast as possible.