Conservative leaders who helped force the withdrawal of Harriet Miers
Conservatives didn't force the withdrawal of Harriet Miers. The impasse over privileged White House documents forced it.
Miers was an ill-advised choice because of Separation of Powers issues, and this was bound to happen no matter what pundits and special interest groups said.
The background chatter about Miers was inconsequential.
And of the criticism of Miers, all of it was focused solely on her fitness for the high Court, not about her ideology. There is no ideological litmus test for the Supreme Court, only a a question of quality and qualification. Republicans do not -- and never will -- imposed any sort of litmus test, and oppose any that others may try to apply.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
If they DON'T apply a "litmus test" with this candidate, they will be in trouble. I think the message has been heard. Keep stealth in the military, not the courts. Send up a REAL CONSERVATIVE, and stop hiding.