[Frank T]

"Such as?"

Here's an example:

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/04/bush_nominees_f.html

"But Griffin is a symbolic figure in the broader fight on the filibuster, because in 1968 his father, Republican Senator Robert Griffin of Michigan, used the filibuster to scuttle Lyndon Johnson's nomination of Justice Abe Fortas to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."

[Frank T]

My mistake, I misread the original argument re: lack of support with the President's own party.

Fortas was a Dem nonimee who was shut down by Republicans.