[OrangeHoof]

Miguel Estrada was Bush43's nominee for Attorney General. He would have been the first Hispanic AG in the nation's history and was seen as an inroad to GOP outreach for Hispanic voters. The Democrats smeared him viciously, including claiming that he "wasn't Hispanic enough" to be considered the first Hispanic AG.

The delays were so long and the smears so vicious that Estrada finally removed his name from consideration after months of twisting in the wind.

Destroying Estrada was entirely political and all to prevent the GOP from claiming a token before the Dems could do it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Not Attorney General, but for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. You’re confusing him with Alberto Gonzales, who was confirmed as AG.

Estrada had to deal with a double-horror: his wife miscarried due to the stress of the public Demonrat lynching and then she accidentally O.D.’d not long after.