Democrats want to ask her under oath about the White House's role in drawing up the firing list. But Bush invoked executive privilege, saying he needed to protect the flow of advice he receives from close advisers. Additionally, he declared Miers immune from subpoenas and ordered her to skip Thursday's hearing.

No George, no one is immune from subpoenas (there is some grey area concerning elected members of the executive or justices). If she showed up and just stonewalled, then the issue would simply be where executive privilege starts and ends (and my guess it based on prior rulings like US v Nixon, it ends way before where W thinks it does). Instead, by saying she doesn't even need to show up, they've royally pissed off the Dems, and haven't endeared themselves to the middle of the road of the GOP.

At this rate, I'm sticking to my September impeachment starts prediction, and it's because the GOP guys will be looking at the polls, then looking at how many of them will still have jobs a year later and realizing, if they don't get rid of him, they're all going to be out of a job.

House Panel: Miers Wrong to Miss Hearing - The Huffington Post