FROM BAINBRIDGE'S SHARP RIPOSTE to Hugh Hewitt, who is angry at his fellow conservatives for opposing Bush's pick of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court:

David Frum, who worked with Miers in the White House, says that "In a White House that hero-worshiped the president, Miers was distinguished by the intensity of her zeal: She once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met." I'm sure even Hugh, who may be Bush's most consistent defender, would be led to wonder just how many men Miers has met. Bush may have many virtues, but being the sharpest knife in the drawer isn't one of them.

This, I love.