Senate Republicans, led by Mr. McConnell, a fierce critic of campaign finance regulation, demanded that Mr. von Spakovsky be voted on in a package with other nominees, something the Democrats refused to do.
The next time a senator announces opposition to a judicial nominee, demand something other than incoherent mumbo-jumbo.
But in political terms, as the final sentence of the A.P.'s story indicated, the phrase "presumptive nominee" implies something more than "likely candidate".
SENATOR ORRIN HATCH: Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to point out that we once had a Hispanic nominee for something, and the Democrats filibustered him.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the situation candidly, added, "No one is talking about the possibility of defeating any nominee, barring something coming out of left field".
Bernard B. Kerik continues to face federal corruption charges, a fine mess for a former police commissioner and nominee (for something like an hour and a half) for homeland security secretary.
Will he work with the party & Clinton to defeat the loathed Trump or keep belittling the nominee citing something -- Superdelegates unfair!
At Trump's newly opened hotel in Washington, D.C. ― which the Republican presidential nominee called "something very special" at a press conference held there last month ― only two of the building's 12 room types are accessible to guests with disabilities, the complaint says.
In this near annual face-off, both nominees have something the other one wants or lacks.
Arianna lauds Mayor Bloomberg for insisting that the presidential nominees say something concrete about gun policy since gun-related deaths in America are greater than the next 22 western nations combined".
