Why should such important nominees be able to squeak through with a bare majority?
That seems a fair summary of the views of many of Mr. Bush's important nominees.
The grilling he received in the Senate, whose job it is to confirm the president's important nominees, was out of all proportion to his supposed shortcomings.
By choosing Mr. Comey, a Republican, Mr. Obama made a strong statement about bipartisanship at a time when he faces renewed criticism from Republicans in Congress and has had difficulty winning confirmation of some important nominees.
Some important nominees would have come to a vote, but at the cost of bulletproofing the filibuster for any nominations President Obama might submit in the future — sort of like the sumptuous last meal before the gurney and the lethal injection.
Caught up in the rush of the Inaugural, working with a White House staff he appointed barely a week ago, and assuming overconfidently that a Senate controlled by Democrats would not reject one of his most important nominees, he failed to note that no one among the reliable constituencies was standing up for Ms. Baird.
It is up to the minority leader in the Senate to determine the degree to which action is undertaken on important nominees".
These are the most important nominees a president makes, since all federal judges from the Supreme Court on down serve lifetime terms.
The new 27th Congress had convened an extraordinary session for the purpose of confirming Harrison's cabinet and other important nominees; since a number of them arrived after Congress' March 15 adjournment, however, John Tyler would ultimately be forced to renominate many of Harrison's selections.
On Monday, Dior co-hosted a party with Vanity Fair magazine to celebrate its Hollywood issue: such is the importance of celebrity in fashion today that most major labels keep year-round PR offices in Los Angeles, but in the run-up to the Academy Awards, designers ramp up efforts to polish their profile and woo those all-important nominees.
