10.27.2005

Finally

Harriet Miers withdraws.

I've been so adamant that she should withdraw that I thought I would feel a great joy when it happened, like White Sox fans felt last night... or at least great schadenfreude, like someone who hates the Astros.

But what I feel is not a great rush of victory, or even schadenfreude. Just relief, and a nervous hope that the next nominee will understand the Constitution and the intent of its authors.

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