Miers Fallout

Hugh has an op/ed in today's NYT that is a must-read on the potentially very negative and lasting impacts of the Miers debacle. It closes with:

This triumph of the conservative punditocracy will have lasting consequences, and I hope my fears are misplaced. The first returns will come in the decision on parental notification statutes that will be argued before the Supreme Court in late November. Absent a miracle of Senate efficiency, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will cast one of her last votes on the most important abortion-rights case in a few years. And then the accounting will begin in earnest.

Mike of Mike's America posted an interesting and troubling comment here on the Miers withdrawal:

Unfortunately, in their zeal to deny Miers a hearing, let alone a vote, the Barabas conservatives (those who shouted louder than the vast majority of Bush AND Miers supporters) validated previous Dem demands for attorney/client documents.

Justice Roberts faced a similar problem and the White House, along with our GOP in the Senate said NO!

Next time a nominee, like McConnell, comes forward with Executive Branch experience, that nominee will have a tougher time.

But that damage may be just the tip of the iceberg.

I'm up for a fight. I want a nominee who has the right kind of anti-Roe fingerprints all over him -- the "it's bad law" kind of fingerprints -- and I want him to have authored a zillion memos covered by the executive branch's priviledge, and have a long history of writings and decisions that just stink of originalism.

Please, Mr. President, give us this nominee.