Harriet Miers withdraws nomination

[yeartolate]

Sounds about right.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

Bushwacked!!!

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Finally, someone exercises some common sense. Hopefully, President Bush can find someone who is actually qualified for the job.

 

[caitycaity]

d'oh! i just lost a bet.

 

[yeartolate]

d'oh! i just lost a bet.

I won one.

 

[Virgo10]

Gee that's good. I hope Michael Brown isn't the next one up for the position. I understand he's looking for a job.

 

[chris1gill]

Bushwacked!!!

Too funny....

 

[Jennasis]

HEck you beat me to it! It's 9"03am hear on the EAst coast and it was just announced on the Today show when they broke in with the report. according the the letter they were reading from Miers she said something about about her not wanting any reports read by the senate from her time spent as White House Counsel that might compromise her nomination?

 

[caitycaity]

I won one.

i should have talked to you before my class!

 

[Plannergirl]

Guess Bush has even less politcal power than he thought. While Miers seemed "just OK" she was blah at best and clearly not ready to play with the big boys having never served on the bench.

NEXT!

 

[Tigger_Magic]

according the the letter they were reading from Miers she said something about about her not wanting any reports read by the senate from her time spent as White House Counsel that might compromise her nomination?

She is just thinking about that now? Does seem like the 2nd term curse has definitely settled in on this administration.

 

[marybet]

I just wonder who he'll pick next. Nice timing too. Does he think this will take our minds off the indictments? It's been a bad week for Bush.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

according the the letter they were reading from Miers she said something about about her not wanting any reports read by the senate from her time spent as White House Counsel that might compromise her nomination?

What a joke! The President couldn't see that one coming from a mile away? She's had zero judicial experience so where exactly did he think that they would get the material to get a grasp on her judicial point of view? Tarot cards? A mind reader? The whole move is an easy way for the President to weasel his way out of another callous, shortsighted move by W that not only upset most Dems, but a majority of Republicans as well. Although Bush likes to think of himself in terms of Reagan, the teflon President this guy is not.

 

[tandrjohn]

Not surprising...she was being criticized from both the left and right.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

She is just thinking about that now? Does seem like the 2nd term curse has definitely settled in on this administration.

The lame duck has landed in the White House!

 

[Tigger_Magic]

From the AP:

WASHINGTON

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."

Miers' surprise withdrawal stunned Washington on a day when the capital was awaiting news on another front _ the possible indictment of senior White House aides in the CIA leak case.

Miers told the president she was withdrawing at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. In her letter dated Thursday, Miers said she was concerned that the confirmation process "would create a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interest of the country."

She noted that members of the Senate had indicated their intention to seek documents about her service in the White House in order to judge whether to support her nomination to the Supreme Court. "I have been informed repeatedly that in lieu of records, I would be expected to testify about my service in the White House to demonstrate my experience and judicial philosophy," she wrote.

"While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain Executive Branch materials and information will continue."

 

[toto2]

If all the "gossips" comming from the Whitehouse , Mr Bush must be very mad. Nothing seems to go his way lately. Unfortunatly for him , those nominations have to be accepted by others , unlike contracts given to friendly corporations like Haliburton or Kellog Brown.

 

[scubamouse]

please don't let it be Luttig
please don't let it be Luttig
please don't let it be Luttig

or janice brown

 

[Alicnwondrln]

i dont know why conservatives want a fight so bad
things arent going well for them now and if there are indictments tomorrow
that wont help either
i would hope the dems will fight back if he picks a bad one

 

[MizBlu]

Bushwacked!!!

You dirty dog, you beat me to it!