Asked to comment on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, Joshua B. Bolten, whom Ms. Miers succeeded as director of the Office of Management and Budget came up with high praise, indeed:

"I was racking my brain trying to think of something specific. [...] She is a very good bowler," he said. "For someone her size, she actually gets a lot of action out of the pins."

This nomination is its own punchline.