You're way too frightened of the liberals, way too concerned for your reputation with them.
Bush is settling for Miers out of craven weakness. There is no excuse for it. There are at least three world-class nominees that could get confirmed if Bush will stand as firm for the rightness in that cause as he does standing for the rightness on the cause of the War on Terror.
That Bush (and you) would fear Harry Reid and Lindsey Graham more than he (or you) fears bin Laden and Zarqawi is shameful.
The President still has lower court nominees that can't get a vote. If the Senate won't act on those nominees, which really aren't important (compared to a SCOTUS nominee), what makes you think that a bomb-throwing radical (I mean that as a compliment) like Janice Rogers Borwn would get a vote for SCOTUS? It wouldn't happen; not with the current lineup in the Senate. I hate it, but that's reality.