WILLIAM KRISTOL: I was opposed to the president nominating [Alberto] Gonzalez, but I think it is absolutely the case just on the merits that Judge Gonzalez was more qualified than Harriet Meiers.
BRIT HUME: I think, Chris, that to the extent that the president flinched, he flinched on this point, and that is he decided it had to be a woman and/or a minority, and that narrowed the field...And in that context, she looked much better than she would have against a full field, men and women alike.
In other words, the argument in favor of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court is...affirmative action. I don't see the Republican faithful having any problem with that, do you?
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