There are going to be a lot of people with egg on their faces (pundits and Freepers alike) if Miers does not "gracefully withdraw". I have never seen such a frenzy on this site.
And it's going to get worse if Miers does withdraw and the president ... and I'd be willing to bet the head of my firstborn that this will be the case ... again fails to nominate somebody on the order of Brown, Owen or Luttig.
I think that is minor fallout in the scheme of things. I'm concerned for the advancement of judicial conservatism and preservation of a constitutional republic.
I've seen this frenzy equaled or close to this level anyway twice in my nearly 5 years here...Arnold Vs. McClintock in the Recall election, and the Terri Schiavo situation last spring.
You weren't around when Bush named Cheney as his Veep candidate. There was much blood in the water then, too. And from the usual suspects.