The President also appears to have settled on nominees to a few other ambassadorships.

The toll on nominees is not a trivial question, even if their complaints sometimes sound like whining.

And Senate Republicans have rushed through the procedures on controversial nominees.

The Senate rules should be changed so that the majority leader can call an up or down vote on judicial nominees.

But attacks on nominees are only part of a general tendency to assume the worst about people in public life.

It should have been enough to send the curious out speculating on other nominees.

Democratic leadership aides rejected the idea that committee votes on nominees not be binding.

His name has become synonymous with partisan attacks on presidential nominees.

In the past, the administration has resisted turning over such internal material on judicial nominees.

They said her confirmation ought to lead to quick votes on other nominees.