White House counsel Harriet Miers is the President's nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. W made the announcement at 8 this morning.

Harriet Miers

A few important facts:
It's "myers", not "meers". Former head of the Texas state bar. Never a judge. Dallas born and bred. Unmarried. Former donor to the '88 Gore for President campaign.

W once called her "a pit bull in size six shoes". A friend for Barney?

Click here to see Miers' complete campaign contributions.

More on Miers from Wikipedia.

One of the perils of newspaper reporting

Posted by leboheme at 08:58 AM