Both sides are ridiculous. There are no hard facts to go on. She is truly a stealth nominee.
Actually, it is the "fact finding and rational discussion" side that agrees with your last point. That she truly is a stealth candidate. ANd therein lies the primary and fatal flaw in the nomination.
To whom? The person who has the constitutional duty/authority/privilege to nominate says he knows her very, very well. Many people who have worked with her, or know her personally over a long period of time, support her strongly. So where in the Constitution is the requirement that the nominee must be well known to 'the people' and 'the people' must approve? Did I miss that somewhere?