'She is looking at you, kid'

It looks like there is a new trend -- the selectors selecting themselves! It started with Dick Cheney scouting in 2000 for the V.P. candidate for Bush Jr. , and discovering that he is the best qualified. In the recent papal election, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who was in charge of organizing the voting, got chosen as the next Pope. Now I hear that the latest Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers was in charge of selecting for President Bush the nominees for the Supreme Court. Come to think of it, it is not that difficult for the selector to get selected. Just make selection criteria be what you only can meet. I can see Ms. Miers reporting to President Bush. ‘Sir, what we need is a woman with some low-key legal background (so that no one can question her judicial philosophy), and who is loyal to you to carry on your political agenda’. The search is over.