As somebody who also found religion in his mid-30s, I find Harriet Miers’ story very interesting. Take a look at this article here. Yes, yes, I know Miers’ is a Bush crony, never has been a judge and is in fact the devil incarnate — at least if you believe all the commentators out there. If I were Bush I would have probably named 100 people before naming her. But given that she’s likely to be confirmed despite all the noise, let’s hope her she applies her new religious feelings in the right way on the Bench. And of course there’s another reason to be join the pessimists: Jimmy Carter is an evangelical too.
UPDATE: This article makes the very interesting and unusual argument that Miers is a trojan horse for conservatives.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The great Mark Steyn basically agrees with my take on Miers here. (registration required for the Spectator).