Its too bad for us that the only adviser WITH a pair has been busy, which allowed Andy Card to hold sway on this one. All the rest are women, not to fault them. Rove was supposed to have been against this pick. I don't think Bush will make this mistake twice. But, if Miers doesn't drop out, he might not get a chance to do it again.
Bush was busy with the hurricanes and Iraq. The staff has to take the blame this time around.
So they basically threw the President and his nominee to the wolves to protect their credibility, because they were afraid of what people might say about "cronyism".
Boy, it's too bad "cronyism" isn't a lefty word like sexism is.