’I think this was a pick made out of lese majeste – an “I am the president and this is what I want” arrogance.’

When you wrote that, John, you identified not only what’s wrong with the Miers pick but pretty nearly the whole reason Bush’s poll numbers have cratered. Remaining at his ranch while New Orleans sank beneath the bubbles, and now–this. What people see in this is the Bush of the first debate, the Bad Bush, the peevish rich boy who expects to get his way because it’s his way.