CNN: HARRIET MIERS HAS WITHDRAWN!

[SoFloFreeper]

just breaking!!!!!!!!

[TonyInOhio]

So what's your strategy for getting your dream candidate nominated AND confirmed? I guess that's my point.

Easy:

- Pick a senator like John Kyl, Jeff Sessions, or Orrin Hatch

- Pick a former senator like Fred Thompson

- Pick the former Solicitor General, Ted Olsen

Any of these would be easily confirmed, and all are reliable conservatives.

[Mister Da]

Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while. In this case, the libs were right about Miers, but for the wrong reasons.

An old, unmarried woman is suspect to me. What if she had come out of the closet shortly after confirmation? And virtually NO qualifications! This was pure crony ism, & I don't appreciate it from either side.

I agree with an earlier post - nominate someone QUALIFIED & clearly right leaning.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

If you think a more Conservative nominee will be put forward, you are in for a surprise Pyrrhic victory indeed.

[born in the Bronx]

I agree--the person who vetted her was her immediate subordinate. He was put in an impossible position.

[blinachka]

Janice Rogers Brown baby!

I feel badly for Harriet Miers. I can't help it...I cringed every time she was called incompetent. I think she could have been just fine but I do understand the desire to have a better spelled out judicial philosophy.

I wish her Godspeed in whatever she does and I look forward to finding out who the new nominee will be.

Janice Rogers Brown Baby!! : )

[i_dont_chat]

Janice Rogers Brown -- she's my pick!

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=11894

[redgolum]

IT's TIME TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE, MR. PRESIDENT!!!

I suspect he will do the opposite, and name a nice moderate pro choice king in a black dress. Bush just got attacked and stabbed by his "allies", so I doubt that he will put anyone up that will anger either side.

[for-q-clinton]

And now all the Miers haters are gearing up to do the same to the next person the President nominates.

Not if he nominates a conservative. The haters were the conservatives as we worked too hard to put her on the bench. This is great news. We have more votes than the rats so putting a luttig or brown or anyone of the top conservatives on the bench shouldn't be too hard.

[Clint N. Suhks]

it really is an embarrassment of riches for Dubya

Our squishy FR RINO Chicken Little sickspur says Janice Rogers Brown isn't going to be the next nominee...what do you think W.?

[Mayflower Sister]

And we still don't know how conservative Roberts is, do we?

[LibertarianInExile]

The 'far right' uses this tactic? Puh-leeze. As soon as anyone voiced ANY concern about Miers' RECORD here, you and your koolaid-gargling pals were slamming us for being elitist, sexist, traitors without foundation. Stop calling the kettle black, you soot-covered pot.

And BTW, we'll be behind any proven conservative Bush nominates. That's way more than can be expected from you back-knifing RINOs.

[Maynerd]

Krauthammer called it. Bush's "stated" reason for Miers withdrawl:

"I understand and share her concern, however, about the current state of the Supreme Court confirmation process. 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. 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. "

[cogitator]

If Bush nominates a real conservative this time the Dems are really going to feel the heat from their wacko base to filibuster.

And the filibuster will hold (with no nuclear option possible) if the Gang of 14 moderates agree that the nominee triggers the "extraordinary circumstances" clause of their "agreement".

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Folks, this is truly a wonderful morning. The Senate and the WH obviously were influenced by the loud critique of this nomination. It's sort of like a dark cloud has passed and we have an opportunity for a fresh start. But I am not gloating.

[Timeout]

You're right-on about the moderates. Like it or not, Bush has to factor them in. I think he'll look for someone like Roberts, a LEGAL conservative, not an ideological conservative (at least not on paper).

[NRA2BFree]

to be honest I like "W" and i trusted him, just as i do with my soldier's life. I now hope he nominates "HILLERY"

Egads, wash your mouth out with soap. I will have "nightmares" all day long thinking about that. LOL

[JamesP81]

IT's TIME TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE, MR. PRESIDENT!!!

Not some tepid on your heels selection, either.

It's looking to me like the Miers nomination was another of Bush's famous political screw jobs against the dems. I fully expect that he'll nominate a well known hardcore conservative and will bring this conflict to open war before the senate. Which he has position himself politically to win. Its hard for the dems to oppose two nominations in a row, especially if the second one is Janice Rogers Brown, someone the dems already voted for once.

[yellowdoghunter]

I guess "The Base" got their message through loud and clear. I like President Bush but my country and my conservative principals come before my party affiliation.

Some people need to remember not to fall in love with a politician.

[lugsoul]

Sounds like you underestimate Roberts.

[RoseofTexas]

Yep! Too bad. I too wanted to listen to what she had to say. I was looking forward to the hearing. What a shame! This is the land of opportunity and speech, and instead she got slugged before she had her say! YUP, what a shame! This is soooo un-American... :(