Harriet Withdraws

The White House stated that Harriet Meiers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court because of senators' demands to see internal documents related to her role as counsel to the president. It really came down to a lack of support from both Republican and Democratic Senators, and her withdrawal was ultimately forced by the far right wing of the Republican party. From what I heard and read, Meiers' best qualities were that she was nice, ambitious, and loyal. That doesn't exactly sound like the qualities that you look for in a supreme court justice. Now we just have to hope that Bush doesn't nominate an individual ideologically aligned with Scalia or Thomas. It would be nice if he could replace Sandra Day O'Connor with another Sandra Day O'Connor - a moderate.