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If Harriet Miers had a track record in a field of experience relevant to the lifetime job she's nominated for, there would be no need to "get to know her." If her nomination is due to her "heart" or her sycophantish (sycophantine?) personality, then the administration has no choice but to have her talked up like a starlet in the running for an award. Whatever else it is, the Supreme Court is a deliberative body that requires a level of scholarship that is not apparent in Miers' resume.
Miers' attachment to Duh-bya is a frightening thing - remember the Cheney-Scalia duck hunt? There's enough caballing going on at the upper levels of our government without adding to it. After all, we know about the relationship in advance this time - Harriet gets to stay in a trailer at the Bush pile in Crawford already. If she gets confirmed, they might let her come into the house.
