From everything I have read so far, this seems like a pretty crappy nominee.

My initial reaction is that once again CEO, not President, Bush is demonstrating a lack of guts and leadership by nominating an unknown person. Her biggest qualification is that she has no "paper trail." To me, that sounds like she is someone who is so unaccomplished that it is hard to find anything she has actually done, written, or stood for.

The idea of a Supreme Court that leans too heavily to the left or right really scares me, so maybe these seemingly dull candidates are not a bad thing. But it just seems to me that this latest candidate in particular is not very distinguished.

Honestly, I can't wait for a new President. I don't think Bush is a horrible person, and I get sick of the whole "Blame Bush for Everything" crowd, but it gets depressing to have a President that makes very little effort to inspire or LEAD our country. The President of the United States is not a goddamn bureaucratic manager! The President is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world! Act accordingly!

What happened to Presidents with bold ideas to take our country in exciting new directions? I wonder if our crappy media and the popularity of the political smear game make it impossible for truly great people to rise to the top. I am way off on a tangent now so I'll stop before I bum myself out too much.