A host of happy conservatives other than Hugh Hewitt. Praise be to Will and Kristol for their immediate distaste and to Krauthammer who laid out the plan for her withdrawl.
Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications.
President Bush said he reluctantly accepted her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down. He blamed her withdrawal on calls in the Senate for the release of internal White House documents that the administration has insisted were protected by executive privilege.
"It is clear that senators would not be satisfied until they gained access to internal documents concerning advice provided during her tenure at the White House _ disclosures that would undermine a president's ability to receive candid counsel," Bush said. "Harriet Miers' decision demonstrates her deep respect for this essential aspect of the constitutional separation of powers _ and confirms my deep respect and admiration for her."
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Great - now nominate a supremely well qualified conservative constitutional scholar like Ted Olson. We are the side that says if the most qualified person for the job is a white male, then the white male should get the job. There are no questions about Ted Olson's juridicial philosophy, and he brings the added benefit (if you can say it that way) of having lost his wife on 9/11, which brings back into focus the new reality in which we as a nation find ourselves, a point Bush can't or won't make, and needs to.
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