[You Dirty Rats]

There are at least three world-class nominees that could get confirmed

The President still has lower court nominees that can't get a vote. If the Senate won't act on those nominees, which really aren't important (compared to a SCOTUS nominee), what makes you think that a bomb-throwing radical (I mean that as a compliment) like Janice Rogers Borwn would get a vote for SCOTUS? It wouldn't happen; not with the current lineup in the Senate. I hate it, but that's reality.

[Hendrix]

"The President still has lower court nominees that can't get a vote. If the Senate won't act on those nominees, which really aren't important (compared to a SCOTUS nominee), what makes you think that a bomb-throwing radical (I mean that as a compliment) like Janice Rogers Borwn would get a vote for SCOTUS?"

The president cannot get lower court nominees through because they are lower court nominees and nobody really cares about them (i.e., the public does not even know about them). That would not be the case with a SC nominee. Bush should not nominate a bomb-throwing radical. We have a lot of non-bomb throwing candidates that he could nominate (more like Roberts).

[Cboldt]

The President still has lower court nominees that can't get a vote.

No kidding. And he seems satisfied with that situation.

what makes you think that a bomb-throwing radical (I mean that as a compliment) like Janice Rogers Borwn would get a vote for SCOTUS? It wouldn't happen; not with the current lineup in the Senate. I hate it, but that's reality.

If the Senate doesn't vote on a nominee, the President can recess apoint the position. He did so with Bolton.