Just one last thing on this stop-telling-me-she’s-smart-for-a-woman stuff. At a (co-ed) meeting with Hill staff this week, I’m told that a White House official assured those in attendance that Harriet Miers is “no slap-ass.” Imagine the White House at a similar meeting assuring people John Roberts was no beefcake.

Now, Ed Gillespie, don’t tell me I’m the one being “sexist” here.