"It's not as bad as Caligula putting his horse in the Senate."
"Rick - Wouldn't that depend on who the horse replaces?"
"I eagerly await the announcement of President Bush's real nominee to the Supreme Court."
"If Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States, her nomination to the Supreme Court would be a joke, as it would have occurred to no one else to nominate her."
"It's an inspiring testament to the diversity of the president's cronies."
"Last week I said I would bang my head against the wall all weekend if he picked Miers. He saved me from going into a self-induced coma by waiting until Monday, but my head is pretty sore from its appointment with the wall this morning."
- John Podhoretz (The Horror, The Horror)
"It is not important that she be confirmed because there is no evidence that she is among the leading lights of American jurisprudence, or that she possesses talents commensurate with the Supreme Court's tasks."
"There is a gaping disproportion between the stakes associated with this vacancy and the stature of the person nominated to fill it."
