October 27, 2005

Miers Withdraws

I'm sure you've already heard, Harriet Miers has withdrawn her Supreme Court nomination (thank you - thank you - thank you). Bush has blamed the withdrawal on calls from Senators for the release of documents that were apparently protected by executive privilege. To me, it sounds like that was the best excuse they had to not look like fools.

Some people are predicting that Bush will have replacement pick within a week. Let's hope that he and his staff has learned their lesson from the Miers' pick. All confidence in the White House by Conservatives will be lost (at least what confidence is left) if he makes another crony pick...perhaps someone like Albert Gonzales.

If he really wants to pick a minority or a woman, he needs to pick Janice Rogers Brown who is both a minority AND a woman, but at the same time, she definitely has a record as a Conservative. No, it wouldn't be my first pick, but at least she's someone who I could probably support.

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Bush better pick a good one this time, one that meets all the litmus tests the right has been denying they've had.

This whole mess stinks. I hope Bush looks at all the people "suggested" by all the blogs and immediately eliminates them from consideration. This pick is HIS obligation under the Constitution, and HIS picks deserve an UP or DOWN vote, as the Republicans have been harping about for years now.

Sadly, this whole mess shows that there really isn't any moral high ground for all the folks who called for her to withdraw or for Bush to withdraw her. All it shows is that so-called conservatives can be just as idiotic as liberals.

Posted by: Glen Harness at October 27, 2005 04:01 PM

Considering that Miers never went before the Senate in the first place and that the "up or down vote" dealt with filibusters, I don't see what your point is.

Posted by: B at October 27, 2005 11:05 PM