The wire is reporting that Miers has withdrawn her nomination, and that is not surprising, considering she neglected to return her questionnaire revisions to the Senate last night. The President has ‘reluctantly’ accepted her withdrawal, and Red State has the President’s statement.
Personally, I am mad at the White House for this nomination. It was a stupid pick, it was arrogant, and it was unfair to Harriet Miers.
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To show you how bizarre Armando’s perspective on the world is, he notes the Miers withdrawal and states “Wingnuts Win, Miers WithDraw,” and credits a 1993 speech by Miers as the straw that broke the camel’s back. No mention that most of the people who were against Miers have been against Miers for weeks now, and for principled reasons.
I guess if you oppose unqualified cronies with no established judicial philosophy, you are a wingnut.
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Loyalist to the end, Hewitt writes:
I think Ms. Miers has been unfairly treated by many who have for years urged fair treatment of judicial nominees.
She deserves great thanks for her significant service to the country. She and the president deserved much better from his allies.
At least Hugh stuck to his guns.
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Ok, perhaps I am the one with the bizarre worldview (as noted in the comments), as Patterico echoes Armando:
Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination. The 1993 speech was clearly the final straw: clear evidence of her liberalism, overlooked by a shoddy vetting process.
The 1993 speech meant nothing to me. I simply felt this was not the best choice for the Court, and that we should not be appointing the President’s unqualified personal attorney to the bench. At least not this bench.
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Even more evidence that I am the one with the bizarre worldview. My own Red State writes:
Paul Mirgenoff of Powerline and Ed Morrisey of Captain’s Quarters are two of the most well-read and reasonable voices on the right side of the conservative blogosphere. Prior to the revelation of the EWD speech, Mirgenoff had argued eloquently that Miers should be confirmed on the basis of Presidential prerogative, whilst Captain Ed sat on the fence, encouraging conservatives to show more civility toward one another. In response to the EWD speech, both are now firmly in the anti-Miers camp.
John Cole, Party of One.