[Capriole]

The difficulty in withdrawing the nomination is that there may not be anybody else with whom to replace her. I read elsewhere that 80% of the potential nominees decline a nomination because they can't face the increasingly vicious confirmation process. A nominee might be a great jurists, great legal mind, and a great legal writer, but not have it in her to speak brilliantly ex tempore when facing a blistering attack from the sluts on the Senate Judiciary Committee; nor would many a fine jurist be able to present a career and personal history that cannot in any way be faulted by the savage liberal press. John Roberts is a one-in-a-million, unflawed judge so they attacked his children. Who can face that kind of thing?

[rodguy911]

Exactly. The confirmation process is not important it's "everything' now a days. Rumors are GW either poled or contacted close to 80 senators before he made the choice of Miers.
It's a whole new world out there and we are stuck with a political party, the demoncrats, that stands for nothing but bringing us down at any cost. They have no platform and stand for nothing.It pays to remember that.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>I read elsewhere that 80% of the potential nominees decline a nomination because they can't face the increasingly vicious confirmation process. <<<

That is certainly possible since Bush showed little interest in supporting any of his nominees prior to Meirs (that fact, in itself, makes me suspicious of her).

>>>John Roberts is a one-in-a-million, unflawed judge so they attacked his children.<<<

Actually, for a conservative to be attacked by the New York Times tabloid is akin to receiving a high award for outstanding citizenship and service to our nation.