It well may be, Stanley, that there would be no point in a conservative senator’s voting against the Miers nomination–although I’m not sold on that point. But I think the role of a conservative journalist is different in any case. Those of us who are disappointed with this pick owe it to our readers to say so and explain why. Keeping the president’s poll numbers up is not our job (which is good for us, since any effect we have is likely to be both small and hard to predict).