More on the Miers confirmation from the Washington Post :

Given her lack of background, lawyers and politicians predict, her hearings could easily turn into a stump-the-nominee contest. And following Roberts, as Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) put it last week, will be like “following Elvis.” ?

With conservatives disgruntled about her selection and liberals disinclined to support any Bush nomination, Miers faces the prospect of tough grilling from both sides. ?

Miers, a Southern Methodist University graduate who was President Bush’s personal attorney and now serves as White House counsel, may not have Roberts’s command of constitutional law, but colleagues predicted she will survive the questioning with relative ease. “Harriet is always thoroughly prepared for everything she does,” said her friend Karen P. Hughes, the longtime Bush adviser who now is an undersecretary of state. “I’m confident she will be very prepared, very composed and will make a very strong impression.”