Not a big surprise considering the amount of consternation, concern, and anger fostered by her nomination by President Bush. It will be interesting to see how he follows up.

Harriet Miers gives up and (almost every) Conservative breathes a sigh of relief. Now we'll see if Bush understands how dangerous is to go against his own electoral base. In RealClearPolitics' short-list, Camillo chooses Michael McConnell. We don't ...

Ever heard of DINOs? I’m not sure what the numbers are these days with guys like Zell Miller gone.

The Clinton years, and Howard Dean running things, with no Democrat denouncing him, should provide your answer:

Zero.

Xlrq [sic] interviews himself about the Miers nomination.

Er, not exactly. Baseball Crank asked the questions; I answered 'em.

Harriet Miers has withdrawn her name from nomination to the Supreme Court. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the blogosphere can finally get back to talking about things important to us non-Americans. Like mustaches and, er, ham. You can read the re...

Lessons Learned From The Miers Debacle!
What happens now that Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court? Miers will stay as Whitehouse council, and President Bush has another choice to make. What has President Bush learned fro...

Unfortunately, the president put her in a position to become the target of public ridicule. She did nothing to deserve that.

I also agree. I can't think it's an awful thing to be able to add to your resume, however. There are worse "consolation prizes." I hope Ms. Miers carries on with a good career.

As for the "why" of all this, does the term "trial balloon" come to anyone's mind?

Bush says he relies on his gut. Well no wonder he makes such poor decisions. Everyone knows what goes thru the gut, right?

Happy Thursday!!! So Ms. Miers is gone. Good. I have, I think, one post on Miers. I basically said, "Okay, let's see what she is about." As I have watched people...

"Now can we nominate a candidate whose qualities and track record presumes we control the Senate?"

No, Ed.
We can't.
Because we don't.
Ever heard of RINOS?

Unfortunately, the president put her in a position to become the target of public ridicule. She did nothing to deserve that.

Agreed. And I never really bought the idea that she put herself forward for the nomination. (If she did, she was definitely not someone I'd want on the Court.)

This was an illustration of Bush's contempt for the Court. "Hey, we need a lady justice? Why not Harriet? She's great, she'll vote the right way, let's nominate her!" (Possibly on Andy Card's suggestion, if some reports are correct.)

And of course the lickspittles around Bush don't dare point out that this isn't really such a good idea.

Its just been reported on ABC Radio that the White House announced today that Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court. No link yet, but I'm sure one will follow.

"Miers Withdraws Nomination to Supreme Court," Associated Press, 27 October 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173665,00.html
(from Catholicgauze).

Harriet Miers, that unqualified Supreme Court candidate who threw the White House into dis...