Miers' religion takes center stage
Evangelical faith is highlighted by Bush
By Peter Baker
and Charles Babington
THE WASHINGTON POST
October 13, 2005

WASHINGTON – President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051013/news_1n13miers.html

When you know Harriet Miers, it's funny to think of her as the subject of such controversy. Yet already her notoriety is such that even the most innocent of virtues can be thrown back at her as inadequate - "not even second-rate," as a National Review Online posting said, "but third-rate." She's a detail person. Diligent and dependable. Honest, kind, modest, devout and all that. A real mediocrity.


Full article at


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/opinion/14scully.html


Matthew Scully, the author of the Op-Ed was special assistant to the president and deputy director of speechwriting for President Bush from 2001 to 2004.