Miers Withdraws

I had a feeling this would happen. Fairly or not, this nomination was hurting the President politically. We know that Miers is very loyal to Bush, so she did the right thing for him politically.

President Bush said he reluctantly accepted Miers' decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down.

I figured the President was digging in his heels on this. In a way, I don't blame him.

"The radical right wing of the Republican Party killed the Harriet Miers nomination," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who had recommended Miers to the president.

Perhaps, but there are some who are more moderate who opposed the nomination as well. I thought a lot of the criticisms of Miers were unfair. She wasn't "Ivy League" and people used stupid things like birthday cards she wrote against her. However, I could also understand the accusations of cronyism. Also, the fact that Harry Reid recommended her is another strike against her. I stayed neutral on this, waiting to see how she did in the hearings. But, like I said, I had a feeling the hearings would never come to pass.

Anyway, I'm just glad this little drama is over with because I was sick of all the whining on the conservative blogs.

Update: Miers' withdrawal letter.

Update 2: The Anchoress weighs in, like I knew she would. I share her disgust at the way a lot of my fellow conservatives acted over this whole thing. I saw a lot of very unChristian behavior by some people who call themselves Christians. By the way, she mentions that someone (I assume it's a blogger) said the following: ”[President Bush] likes terrorists more than he likes us!” If anyone could let me know who this is, I would appreciate it. (I Googled but came up with nothing.) If I link to them, I would like to delink them. If not, I would like to focus my scorn on them. Thanks in advance.