The strategy/excuse suggested last week by Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer appears to have been successful. President Bush, at Harriet Miers request, has withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court -- supposedly due to the fact that the White House will (rightly) refuse to release documents she's worked on while she was White House counsel.

While I've been firmly planted on the fence these past few weeks vis a vis the Miers nomination, I'm relieved and hopeful that President Bush will come up with a new nominee who causes most Democrats to OD on outrage.