Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination!
POSTED BY: Skywalken
UPDATED: Friday, October 28, 2005 13:20
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Yeah, there is no strategy here with the Miers nomination, it was a mistake. The political capital lost by the President with this fiasco will hurt him, especially if indictments come out against Libby or Rove. For some reason, this very slick administration is crumbling and if this continues into next year then Republicans will likely lose some ground in Congress. Though I severely doubt the dems will gain control of either house in 2006. Bush has no message right now, besides tax cuts and that is getting old.
With the Administration's credibility lost the dems can really challenge anyone he nominates now, they really didn't even challenge Miers and she was withdrawn. If Bush had appointed a conservative judge who was qualified then the nomination would likely have succeeded. Roberts is quite conservative and he flew through the process. Republicans have the Senate and the success of Roberts gave Bush some real credibility on SCOTUS appointments, but he squandered that in one decision. His chance for an ultra-conservative has been lost.
If Bush wants to get anything through Congress in the next year, he does not need another political battle over a SCOTUS nomination. He will likely appoint another judge in the vein of Roberts, someone conservative, but very qualified. I doubt he will appoint a woman or minority, at this point there is little need and it won't provide cover for a less than competent ultra-conservative nomination like it did with Thomas. Times have changed in that regard.
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