The Democrats thus met their announced goal of 41 nays, which is all they need to thwart a nomination with a filibuster.
"Kon-Tiki," an old-fashioned seafaring drama about the explorer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 expedition to Polynesia on a raft, was one of two Scandinavian movies to get a nomination, with "A Royal Affair," a historical drama from Denmark, being the other.
Mr. Wiley's career soared, spurred by a concerto debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra, an eight-year stint as principal cellist with the Cincinnati Symphony, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a nomination, with the Beaux Arts Trio, for a Grammy Award in 1998.
Democrats blocked his nomination with a filibuster.
That was a strong showing for a candidate who won the Republican nomination with a courtship of fundamentalist Protestants.
PAGE A10 PITCHING PRAGMATISM Four years ago, Mitt Romney the former Massachusetts governor, entered the race for the Republican nomination with a reputation as a pro-business pragmatist.
For weeks, the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, has been railing about the importance of a minority party's right to block a presidential nomination with a filibuster, as if that were an obvious component of advise and consent.
Four years ago, Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, entered the race for the Republican nomination with a reputation as a pro-business pragmatist with moderation embedded in his DNA.
"If you go into a hearing on her nomination with a lot of the Benghazi stuff still hanging out there, that tends to be the primary topic instead of her vision for secretary of state," he said.
BuzzFeed published polling data Wednesday showing that Mr. Romney is the first non-incumbent since 1996 headed for a major party's nomination with a net negative rating among voters at this point in the campaign.
Park, who joined Bristol-based Aardman Animations, also earned an academy award nomination with A Grand Day Out, his graduate film, but actually won the Oscar that year, 1990, for Creature Comforts.
