Well, that's special...but JRB can't make it past the Senate and everyone knows it. The Republicans in the Senate ought to be on their hands and knees thanking God that the President isn't sending them someone who will test their weakness and establish the fillibuster on ideological grounds as a nominee killer vs a straight up or down vote. The Senate is the problem, not Miers, not the President. I thought Coulter and Malkin were smarter than they've appeared lately but obviously I was wrong.
With the eyes of the nation upon them, the Senate was going to approve JRB, a sharecroppers daughter and the first Black female nominee to the Supreme Court. They would have appeared racist and horribly mean-spirited if they hadn't.
Many of the Senators, including Specter, yelled and screamed and beat their chests to frighten President Bush away from nominating JRB. Unfortunately, Mr.Bush and people like yourself believed their bluff.