[Bommer]

Good! Maybe at last Bush will get it into his head that we put him in office and to appoint judges we want, not what he wants.

[Steve_Stifler]

Harriet still hasn't asked Dubya to withdraw her nomination. Either she's not as loyal as we've been led to believe or she doesn't read newspapers -- neither option bodes well for the future.

[msnimje]

Maybe at last Bush will get it into his head that we put him in office and to appoint judges we want, not what he wants

During his bid for Republican votes he made it clear he wanted the same kind of Justices WE wanted. The kind of Justice we want hasn't changes since we believed him and pulled the lever beside his name.

[Cobra64]

Maybe at last Bush will get it into his head that we put him in office and to appoint judges we want, not what he wants.

What the hell does that mean? Who is POTUS? What do you know about this nominee? Besides, it is not "Bush" it is either President Bush, or W as an affectionate note of endearment. Some folks need to go back to DUmmmie Underground and hibernate until their friends like The Beast emerge.

[johnny7]

Politely... since his last Crawford vacation, the boy's been 'off-his-feed'... 'not-on-his-game'.

Impolitely... simply 'stuck-on-stupid'.

[JHL]

IMO, this is a situation where the head of the search committee selected herself for the position. "Mr. President, I've looked everywhere for the most qualified candidate for you to nominate, and it's, well... me!"

Granted, the same thought process gave us Dick Cheney as VP, but Harriett Miers is no Dick Cheney (no matter how much alike they look).

[sinkspur]

Maybe at last Bush will get it into his head that we put him in office and to appoint judges we want, not what he wants.

You need to get it into your head that if you want to appoint SC justices, YOU run for office.

Until then, the President gets to appoint who HE wants to the Supreme Court, and you can agree or disagree.

[AFPhys]

Good???

What in the heck are you reading that indicates Miers is going to be withdrawn?

And by the way, you're wrong about your whole philosophy of elections in a republic. We elect people who we ask to do the best in THEIR judgement, not to ask them to take a poll of what WE want before they act.