Unhappy Staffers?

In this piece, NY Times reporter David Kirkpatrick asserts that there's widespread unhappiness among Senate Judiciary Committee staffers on the Republican side with the Miers nomination.

This should hardly be surprising, given both the split among conservatives generally, and that opposition to Miers seems to be inversely proportional to geographical distance from D.C. or New York. A very trustworthy source of mine -- yes, a Senate staffer on the Republican side -- drew a sharp distinction between private staff complaining on the one hand (which does apparently exist), and open Senate opposition, on the other. Certainly, the former does not necessarily translate into the latter.

My source noted, correctly in my view, that "the hearings will actually matter this time" and that if Miers "exceeds low expectations, she'll be fine."