Further reactions to the Miers nomination

And, meanwhile, the revered senior senator from New York weighs in:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - A senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Charles Schumer of New York, said today that if a vote were held now on the embattled nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, she would not be confirmed.

"She would not get a majority either in the Judiciary Committee or the floor," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."