WASHINGTON - Confronted with criticism from both the left and right, Harriet Miers on Thursday withdrew her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a statement, President Bush said he “reluctantly accepted” her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down.
The White House said he blamed her withdrawal on calls in the Senate for the release of internal White House documents that the administration has insisted were protected by executive privilege.
nbcrusader said:
Who gets to declare victory on this one??
The radical right wing of the Republican Party killed the Harriet Miers nomination,"
Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush abandoned his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court and promised a quick replacement Thursday. Democrats accused him of bowing to the "radical right wing of the Republican Party."
The White House said Miers had withdrawn because of senators' demands to see internal documents related to her role as counsel to the president. But politics played a larger role: Bush's conservative backers had doubts about her ideological purity, and Democrats had little incentive to help the nominee or the embattled GOP president.
"Let's move on," said Republican Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi. "In a month, who will remember the name Harriet Miers?"
anitram said:This whole thing has stunk of a set up right from the start. They must think we're all stupid.
U2democrat said:I'll be interested to see who his next nominee is though...man? woman? extreme right wing? moderate right wing?
deep said:are you living a vacuum??
Originally posted by Headache in a Suitcase the conservative right and the liberal left should hop in a car together and drive off a cliff ala thelma and louise.
perhaps then we'll be left with the logical middle.
U2democrat said:
You wouldn't want me to die now would you?
Headache in a Suitcase said:so let's just say let's hope those who think everythign the left does is super dooper and those who think everything the right does is super dooper and never think that maybe there might be good and bad ideas from both sides... whew... get in a car and drive off a cliff like thelma and louise.
Headache in a Suitcase said:so let's just say let's hope those who think everythign the left does is super dooper and those who think everything the right does is super dooper and never think that maybe there might be good and bad ideas from both sides... whew... get in a car and drive off a cliff like thelma and louise.
financeguy said:
I'm be interested to hear how you and others on here define 'left' and 'right', as I tend to think the US system is geared towards the right wing anyway compared to Europe (or conversely, the EU system is more geared towards the left compared with the United States).
For example, U2democrat seems to support mainly relatively mainstream Democrat candidates (correct me if I'm wrong U2democrat ), but sees herself as being on the 'liberal left'.
There are only about 2 or 3 genuine socialists that contribute to FYM, all of the rest of us broadly are on favour of the capitalist system to a greater or lesser extent.
nathan1977 said:This is all foolishness. The Dems killed the nom just as much as the radical right wing did. Reid was the only one who was pulling for her; everyone else was staunchly opposed.
It's silly that the Dems are blaming a minority group for politicizing this, when they did as much politicizing as anybody. Her nomination was doomed from the outset.
nathan1977 said:This is all foolishness. The Dems killed the nom just as much as the radical right wing did. Reid was the only one who was pulling for her; everyone else was staunchly opposed.
It's silly that the Dems are blaming a minority group for politicizing this, when they did as much politicizing as anybody. Her nomination was doomed from the outset.