If this nomination is so dead, why bother sign a petition?
Truth is, Miers will be on the USSC in January or earlier.
Those who are "sinking" are Miers' opponents.
I confess that I might have like to see a Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen or Mike Luttig nominated instead of Harriet Miers. This might have happened if our GOP Senators had any balls. But they do not. There is no unity of party within the GOP side of the Senate. They waffled and retreated on the "nuclear" option. The filibuster is still alive regarding judicial nominees, and there is no assurance that a nominee with a more substantial record could withstand the assault by the Dem (and some GOP) Senators. If you are looking for someone to blame on the Miers nomination (which ultimately, I predict, will result in a very good Supreme Court justice, when all is said and done), look no further than our GOP Senate caucus. They did this. President Bush merely responded as best he could under the circumstances.
>>>Those who are "sinking" are Miers' opponents.<<<
You are dreaming. What is sinking is the big-government, reckless-spending, CFR-supporting, open-border-supporting Republican Party.