Miers withdraws
Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court.
I'm not sorry to have been an early critic calling for withdrawal, and I'm grateful we had the chance to discuss some serious problems in the Republican Party.
Other than that, I'd just as soon put the whole business behind us and get on to a new nominee that better exemplifies the principles of judicial restraint, and who won't run from a fight over conservative principles. Mr. President, the ball is back in your court.
UPDATE: National Review imitates The Black Republican:
It follows that President Bush should pick the most qualified and confirmable conservative he can find - male or female. Such a fight could be the way out of the president's current trough.... Bush and conservatives on both sides of the Miers debate should now let bygones be bygones, and stand together in the fight they will now almost certainly face.
Comments
Will the the next nominee have a harder time becaouse of the fallout over the Miers mis-step?
Posted by: MidLifeMan | October 27, 2005 12:41 PM
Depends who he nominates and who you ask. Too far to the left and the conservatives will riot again. Too far to the right and it will be hard pushing it past the weak RINOs in the Senate - but I doubt most solid conservative nominees would have much of a problem if the rest of the majority sticks to their guns and threatens the "constitutional option".
I'll guess he's still going to shy away from a brutal fight - like Michael Luttig or Janice Rogers Brown (from the left) or AG Gonzales (from the right) - but doubtless the person will be a prominent conservative with a clear record, to avoid all the arguments made against Miers. Someone suggested at NRO who fits all these qualities and is still a non-judge close to him personally is former Solicitor General Ted Olson. If Chris Matthews thinks he's confirmable, that says something.
Of course, I'm still hoping for Brown or her like and a big fight to drive the stake throught the left's heart, but I doubt whoever it is will make me as disappointed as I was with Miers. Heck, even Gonzales would have been better than Miers.
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October 27, 2005 02:38 PM