October 28, 2005
Signs of desperation: Bush to announce a Miers replacement as early as today?
by Liza Sabater
George Bush must be bugging out in record numbers if he is ready to announce a replacement for Miers today. Over at Chicago Tribune | Bush pulls plug on Miers, Jan Crawford Greenburg writes :
Facing political fallout from the nomination of Miers, who was attacked as an unimpressive figure with little background in constitutional law, the White House, also confronting the possible indictments of high-level officials, was planning to announce Miers' replacement as early as Friday.A senior administration official said that after concluding Wednesday that Miers must withdraw, the White House focused on judges who were in the running to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor before President Bush chose Miers, his longtime adviser and current White House counsel.
The group includes Samuel Alito, J. Michael Luttig, Priscilla Owen and Karen Williams, the official said. All four judges had been interviewed by Bush or top administration officials and indicated they would accept the nomination if asked.
George Bush is either desperately trying to save face or, and this is where I put on my tin foil hat, he is coldly proceeding with the next step of a plan. Miers' nomination always struck me as a red herring for either somebody or something else. Well, what if Miers' nomination was intended to be a diversionary tactic that backfired?
As to the matter of who could be on the pick of the short list, SCOTUSblog is saying Alito. Over at IsThatLegal?, Eric Mueller fantasizes Karl Rove telling Bush to pick Patrick Fitzgerald as the next nominee. But it's A3G over at Underneath Their Robes, who has the juiciest rumor-mongering going.
UPDATE:
A3G is calling it for Luttig.
And what does the big mamajama of law bloggers have to say to all of this? She's calling for a Miers Blog Blackout:
The withdrawal of Harriet Miers nomination today was the ultimate boondoggle - timed to distract us from tomorrow's indictment news.It's not going to work on TalkLeft. I'm declaring a blackout on Harriet Miers posts until after the news of the Indictments subsides a little - at least until Saturday. That is the real news. I'm not going to feed into the Administration's spin plan.
Go gurl.
Posted by Liza Sabater in George W. Bush, Harriet Miers, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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