Ted Olsen: "I'm not going to be replacing Harriet Miers."

[kskiska]

(snip)

Miers, a longtime Bush loyalist whose nomination to the Supreme Court last year was withdrawn as a result of conservative opposition, led an office that will oversee legal clashes that could erupt if Democrats aggressively use their new subpoena power. Bush advisers inside and outside the White House concluded that she is not equipped for such a battle and that the president needs someone who can strongly defend his prerogatives.

(snip)

Miers had told colleagues that she planned to stay until the end of the administration, but after several conversations with Bolten in the past week, she agreed it was time to move on. "We're entering a new era here in the White House, and they both came to that conclusion," a senior administration official said.

(snip)

The White House plans to replace her with a lawyer from the outside. Speculation focused on former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but he said he had no intention of taking the job. "I'm not going to be replacing Harriet Miers," Olson said yesterday.

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Harriet was dumped.

Didn't * once say she was a pit bull in size 6 shoes?

[fooj]

1. Entering a new era?

[tularetom]

2. Somebody figured out they might be in deep shit

and Harriet didn't have the ability to stave off the legal attacks and duck the avalanche of subpoenas. I don't know about Olsen but it looks like he was smart enough not to associate himself with this sinking ship either.

[babylonsister]

4. Olsen is a rethug but no dummy. You're right; his allegiance to Harriet

isn't what's forming his opinion.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Warren Stupidity: me either.

I just want to make that clear.

[Erika]

5. He's gearing up for criminal legal defense attorneys

His asinine war on Iraqis was just that. Pelosi and Reid might have the guts to finally hold him accountable.