Martini Republic » Downright snarky: "But equally as interesting is the first vote count on the Miers nomination, which predicts confirmation could go as low as 52-48, the same margin as the Thomas vote.

The Thomas hearings were a watershed in American politics for reasons beyond nastiness. Republicans lost the White House in 1992 for many reasons, but the 1991 hearings made the nation conscious of sexual harassment, and 1992 proved to be a backlash Year of the Woman in politics. The Miers hearings, if they tackle religion and science, threaten to make the nation conscious of the lunacy of Christian evangelism, and 2006 could prove to be another backlash: the Year of the Scientist."

(Via Martini Republic.)