Maybe Harriet Miers should consider resigning from her White House counsel position

One of the biggest criticisms of Harriet Miers' nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is that she is too much of a crony of President Bush. There is a perception that she will not be independent enough from the White House, and indeed may be required to recuse herself from critical cases (such as Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood, the upcoming New Hampshire abortion regulation case, and cases involving the Global War on Terrorism) because she gave advice to the President or reviewed the position taken by the Solicitor General.

I don't have position yet on whether she should be confirmed--I'll wait for Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. I'm just suggesting that to show independence from the White House, she could immediately resign as White House counsel to show some independence from the White House.