David Frum: Disappointing X-mas Morning

I'm not sure I would go as far as David in decrying the nomination, but I can't deny that these were my feelings when I first heard the nomination:

David Frum's Diary on National Review Online: "The Miers nomination was like getting up on Christmas morning, bursting downstairs, and opening up your big, beautifully wrapped present only to find socks and underwear. All that waiting, all the anticipation, all that “being good”, all seemingly wasted on a gift that isn’t worth either the giving or the receiving."