Bad news for the "anti-anti Miers" crowd:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 - The drumbeat of doubt from Republican senators over the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers grew louder Tuesday as several lawmakers, including a pivotal conservative on the Judiciary Committee, joined those expressing concerns about her selection.

Emerging from a weekly luncheon of Republican senators in which they discussed the nomination, several lawmakers suggested that as Ms. Miers continued her visits on Capitol Hill, she was not winning over Republican lawmakers.

"I am uneasy about where we are," said Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican on the Judiciary Committee who had so far expressed only support for the president's choice. "Some conservative people are concerned. That is pretty obvious."

Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, called Republican sentiment toward Ms. Miers's nomination "a question mark."

"There is an awful lot of Republican senators who are saying we are going to wait and see," he said.

Senator Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican in the political middle of his party, said he needed "to get a better feel for her intellectual capacity and judicial philosophy, core competence issues."

"I certainly go into this with concerns," Mr. Coleman said.

Coming less than two weeks before confirmation hearings, the public questioning by Republican senators may be an ominous sign.

That's an understatement. The White House, and other Miers supporters, are in denial if they believe that this nomination is not in serious trouble. For Republicans in the Senate to be making these types of - at best - lukewarm statements about Miers is alarming.

I still have yet to hear from the Miers supporters one single, solitary, credible reason, backed with good evidence, as to why she should be confirmed to the SCOTUS.

And that's why she is highly likely to never sit on the High Court.