Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader is glad to read that Harriett Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the Supreme Court.

Your Maximum Leader is glad of this turn of events and hopes the President will seriously consider another nominee. (If he’s looking for someone who isn’t a judge he might consider Ted Olson…)

Your Maximum Leader will also admit that he feels a little bit of pity for Ms. Miers. He is sure she’s a good woman, and a fine lawyer. But President Bush should never have put her in this position. It was wrong of him to nominate someone so dedicated to him in a position for which they were ill qualified (as we have come to see recently). One hopes that Ms. Miers will be able to return to Dallas and her law firm and quietly practice her trade.

Fare thee well Harriett Miers.

Carry on.