2006 was the most underperforming year for confirming judges ever. Even Pat Leahy remarked on it, probably with a smirk.
Anyways I'll take Hugh Hewitt's take over yours, no offense.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2006/11/08/the_road_not_taken__forfeiting_a_majority
You act as though more could have been done when, given the Party of Treason/Treason media alliance, it could not have been.