What a pity.
We can only hope now that Miers will be so mortified and fearful of appearing disloyal to Bush that she will not dare to stray from the strictest conservative line. Those of us who are outraged by her nomination serve an important function in that regard. She has got to hear loud and constant that she has no room for error, that if she takes the slightest Souter-style leftward drift, the memory and reputation of her mentor Bush will be sullied beyond cleansing among the conservatives who put him into the White House twice.
I don't want a Supreme Court justice that needs to be hectored into arriving at the proper decisions, I want one who knows what's right from the start and doesn't feel compelled to act only on the prompting of others.