James Pinkerton:

The withdrawal of Harriet Miers is a defeat for George W. Bush, but it is a victory for the conservative movement. As we now see, there’s a big distinction between the two……The movement knows that W. will be out of office in barely more than three years, while Miers might have been on the court for decades. And the conservative movement, like all ideological movements, sees itself as eternal. So the movement, if it is to be worth anything, has no choice but to fight for what it believes – even against a Republican White House.