...it was a choice made from weakness. But the thing to remember, is that it was not Bush’s weakness, but our own, and that of the people we have elected to Congress that made this happen. Had they been strong, Bush could have selected anyone we wanted.
I just got off the phone with 'someone I trust', and the word is, the White House is looking for an issue or reason which would allow Harriet Miers to bow out gracefully.
The latest vote count in the Senate suggests that enough Republican Senators will join Democrats to defeat a Miers nomination. There is interest in the Senate in assigning "lame-duck" status to President Bush to enhance their chances in the mid-term elections. They think they can accomplish this by sending him a defeat on Miers. Absent Miers, Bush would not send up anyone at all and allow O'Conner to complete the entire Supreme Court calendar.
Roberts has backfired on Conservatives; his strength has discouraged potential candidates from wanting to follow him and be compared to his brilliance.
Nobody who can be confirmed wants the job, or to go through what they would have to go through to be confirmed.
Of course, FReepers are free to believe I just made this all up if that is their wish. I could not care less. The word is though, that Miers may be withdrawn by the end of the week.