Miers out

I wonder whose decision this was:

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.

Bush 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.

Uh, I hate to tell the AP this, but the left has pretty much been quiet on the Miers nomination, especially since the Republican Party decided to become a circular firing squad. Sure, she was a ridiculously unqualified nominee, but it seems that the Democrats, understanding that the right would do their work for them, decided to hold their fire for now.

Of course now, this embattled White House, unrepentant and arrogant till the end, is likely to give us one of the wingnut horrors about whom we worried in the first place.

Democrats, start your engines. It's time now.