[quidnunc]

You have confirmed what I has read elsewhere in the blogsphere; that the other candidates who would otherwise have not been filibustered had things in their background that would have made them unconfirmable.

And by extension one might speculate that they might also have been forced from the bench altogether.

[daybreakcoming]

Issue 1 in Pukin's rant was what I have been posting since last Monday when all hell broke loose. The other likely candidates (one of which was my pick) either may not have passed the vetting or turned the offer of a nomination down. Why? After seeing what the demos/rinos/msm attempted to do to Roberts.........could be intimidating to those who did not wish to drag their families through it. Look what they wanted to do about the Roberts' kids' adoption FGS
But most of all, I was amazed at the immediate piling on of Meirs by people who make a fine art of research while shunning the knee-jerk reaction typical of the left. But it's obviously a human thing.
Pukin, grow a thicker skin. Your "rants" count for a lot to many of us whether we always agree or not. That gives you a perhaps unwelcome responsibility. :o)

[Fester Chugabrew]

. . .the other candidates who would otherwise have not been filibustered had things in their background that would have made them unconfirmable.

You mean, like, killer profits on cattle futures? You mean Mena?