Harriet Miers, George Bush's nominee for the supreme court, announced today that she has withdrawn her name from consideration. Here's a roundup of the snap reaction from US bloggers.
Captain Ed at Captain's Quarters:
The face-saving withdrawal option [...] took only a matter of days to get recognised by the White House. Good for them. It won't save them from some criticism, but it will make this into the nine-day wonder it should always have been.
Now can we nominate a candidate whose qualities and track record presumes we control the Senate?
Reader comment on Blogs for Bush:
Perhaps he put forward Mrs Miers as a way to demonstrate the strong desires of the conservatives [...] Just think - if Senator Schummer dares to suggest the next nominee is "not in line with the public", we can all point to the outcry over Mrs Miers these last three weeks.
Armando at Daily Kos:
The wingnuts would not even wait for the confirmation process to unfold. The straw the broke the camel's back was, without a doubt, the disclosure of Miers' 1993 would uphold Roe [the constitutional right to abortion]
