Thursday - October 27, 2005

NEWS FLASH!

It’s over. I feel for Ms. Miers but it’s time for President Bush to ram a hard-line conservative down the Democrats’ throats. Paging Robert Bork. Judge Bork, you have a call from the White House on line 4 ....

Miers withdraws Supreme Court nomination
WASHINGTON (CNN)

President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers after weeks of opposition from both liberals and conservatives, who questioned her qualifications and record. In her withdrawal letter to the president, Miers said she was “concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House and its staff and it is not in the best interest of the country.”

In a statement, Bush said he “reluctantly accepted” her withdrawal. The White House said Miers had to withdraw over concerns that senators wanted documents of privileged discussions between the president and his top lawyer.

“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,” Bush said in the statement. Bush vowed to fill the vacancy “in a timely manner.”

“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,” Bush added. Bush’s decision to nominate Miers, 60, White House counsel and a longtime adviser, had divided his supporters, many of whom wanted a nominee with a clear record of opposition to abortion and solid views on other legal issues important to conservatives.

The White House learned from a key Capitol Hill ally Wednesday night that opposition to the nomination was building, CNN’s Ed Henry reported. In a blunt assessment, Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, Miers’ main advocate in the Senate, told high-level White House aides that the nominee faced stiff opposition from conservatives, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist called White House Chief of Staff Andy Card to tell him that Miers did not have the votes to be confirmed, sources told Henry.

However, Ed Gillespie, a Republican strategist heavily involved in Miers’ nomination and the previous one for Chief Justice John Roberts, maintained that the nomination process forced her to withdraw, not opposition from conservative activists. “I don’t think there was a mistake, and we’re not red-faced at all,” Gillespie said. “She, I think, rightly and in a principled manner came to the conclusion that there was about to be a conflict between her role as nominee and the principle she’s espoused as White House counsel and counsel to the president.”

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Posted by The Skipper     on 10/27/2005 at 03:53 PM   
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