Miers is out, supposedly of her own accord. My pet conspiracy theory was that Bush was going to let her get rejected by the Senate, then send up a real right-wing nutcase and claim that two rejections constituted obstructionism.

Miers didn't even get that far. I think Bush underestimated just how little clout his personal say-so has post-Katrina.

So chances are we're going to get the real nominee now. My money's on Janice Rogers Brown, who the religious right will fall all over themselves endorsing.