Miers Withdraws Under Mounting Criticism

Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush ended his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court Thursday and promised a quick replacement. Democrats accused him of bowing to the "radical right wing of the Republican Party."

The White House said Miers had withdrawn her name because of a bipartisan effort in Congress to gain access to internal documents related to her role as counsel to the president.

On one hand this is excellent news. On the other hand - what was it in those documents that they absolutely could not see the light of day? One can only guess for now...

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