Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Miers Best Option After Others Withdrew?

Drudge has up a post that claims that other candidates for the SCOTUS turned the WH down prior to the Miers selection:

Drudge

The story outlines that other candidates who the hard right might have found more appealing of a choice said they did not want to go through the vicious confirmation process.

Over on the NRO Corner blog, K-Lo has a post up that is stating that the claim is not so, at least for one of the candidates. Per a K-Lo sources, “Priscilla Owens did not withdraw her name from consideration to the Court”……………..


NRO

K-Lo is surmising that if this is inaccurate spin then the WH is in deep desperation on the Miers nomination……………………………….