Mier’s withdraws nomination to Supreme Court

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock: Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court this morning.

Of course her withdrawal doesn’t mean the next nomination will be any better. In fact it’s going to be even more tricky now for Bush to to nominate someone who can be confirmed by both far right conservatives, moderate Republicans (I am told there are some) and Democrats without them losing face. It’s going to be a tough stunt to pull off after this debacle.

But the real question is why the White House waited 24 days of criticized and ridiculed only for the nomination to be withdrawn. It certainly did not help Bush’s approval ratings and only got more embarrassing as time went on.

Mier’s letter of withdrawal here.