It's Miers!

President Bush nominated his former lawyer, Harriet Miers, to serve as associate justice on the Supreme Court. Miers would replace Sandra Day O'Connor. The text of Bush's nomination speech and Miers' remarks are here.

The New York Times wrote that Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., had encouraged Bush to nominate Miers. And Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said there was "hope" that Miers would be a "mainstream nominee." The Times provided more on her background in "Nominee Known for Working Hard Away From Limelight."