Poll numbers in the dumper, and more indictments coming down the pike, Bush apparently offloaded this pick to Harry Reid. No wonder right-wingnutland has its undies in a bunch...
More on the flip...
World Net Daily
Monday, October 3, 2005
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
President taps Texan
who`s never been judge
Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers apparently pre-approved by Democrats
Posted: October 3, 2005
9:22 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
President Bush today nominated a Texas lawyer who serves as White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court - a pick that apparently was pre-approved by Senate Democratic leadership.
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Miers apparently had the pre-approval of Democratic leaders.
AP reported Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had urged the administration to consider her, two congressional officials said. There was a long list of staunchly conservative judges that Democrats were poised to fight, Miers not among them.
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So there you have it. In much the same way Orrin Hatch gave Breyer and Ginsburg's names to Clinton, Bush let Reid pick the lucky winner.