The Senate has issued a grade of 'Incomplete' to Harriet Miers response to their pre-confirmation hearing questionnaire. Unsatisfied by a variety of answers and the lack of specificity on others, Chairman Arlen Specter and ranking Dem Patrick Leahy sent a letter to Miers requesting more information on her work for Shrub and other issues, including her suspension from the Bar.
The key issues of contention are likely to revolve her staff work for Shrub and the administration's fanatical desire for confidentiality in their internal communications. Questions about the war on terror and torture are likely to be key points of contention here.
It looks increasingly likely that Ms. Miers will not be confirmed. Her position(s) on abortion are unlikely to comfort either the left or the right (which is, actually, probably a good thing.) She's not the standard bearer the right wingnuts want to force their Holy Confrontation, the Last Great Battle, with the left (and the middle, for that matter.) She's too much of a tabula rasa to satisfy either their desire for a non-stealth Holy Warrior on the Court (Thomas and Scalia aren't enough?) or to convince the lefties that she will be a balanced, moderate vote on the Court.
Maybe she can get a job on the Libby-Rove-Hanson defense team!
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