BUSH FINDS A WAY OUT OF THE MIERS QUAGMIRE. NOT IRAQ THOUGH

Do you remember the piece Saturday when I said Bush was looking for a "graceful" way out of the Miers' catastrophe? It looks like he found it. I don't know who came up with the strategy but it now appears that Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are joining Democrats in demanding papers about Miers that everyone knows Bush will never turn over. This way he can stand on principle and not look like he abandoning the doomed, divisive nomination. This L.A. TIMES is carrying a story today setting the stage for Bush's abandonment of that poor sweet old church lady.

I wonder if he'll just buckle in and give the Far Right religionist base the loon they lust for and demand. Or is he so pissed off at them that he won't pick one from their pre-OKed list of judicial psychos?


TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE:

See, it's happening! Bush isn't staying the course with his gal Harriet at all. He's worming its way out of the Miers' problem by setting up a fake "principle"-driven confrontation with dependable GOP allies on the Senate Judiciary Committee. BushCo is a complete and utter farce, dishonest through and through.