More & More Reasons to Confirm Miers

There's been so much written about why Harriet Miers is not qualified to sit on the Supreme Court, but, aside from her being Bush's friend and we should trust him, we haven't seen a lot about why she might be qualified. Fortunately, David Kuo provides some reasons that never would've occurred to me (hat tip to Kevin Drum):

White House staffers used to refer to getting documents past Harriet Miers to the President as attempting to "run the gauntlet." She was staff secretary during her first three years at the White House. Her job was to ensure the absolute accuracy and consistency of every memo, every event, everything that was to go to President Bush.

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There was another gauntlet, however, that was easier to run. Harriet used to keep a humidor full of M&Ms in her West Wing office. It wasn't a huge secret. She'd stash some boxes of the coveted red, white, and blue M&Ms in specially made boxes bearing George W. Bush's reprinted signature. Her door was always open and the M&Ms were always available. I dared ask one time why they were there. Her answer: "I like M&Ms and I like sharing."

Do these things matter at all when it comes to her qualifications for being an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court? Yes. They speak to her character. And in matters of justice, matters of character count.

Most every office in the country has somebody who keeps a candy dish where coworkers can help themselves. Who knew that made them worthy of sitting on the Supreme Court?