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Even though at this point the white house has said Miers won't withdraw, perhaps Bush/Rove are far more clever than their own party and the dems give them credit for being in this. If at a later date due to resistance on both sides of the aisle Bush lets Miers withdraw, then he could easily nominate one of the most contentious woman judges on the bench and claim any opposition following that to Miers was a clear example of sexism by the democrats after the republicans voted for Ginsburg by a wide majority. I am not stating they are doing this, but that it would be politically masterful if they were and that had been their intention all along.