And how many of Obama’s picks were similarly vetted so scrupulously?
Agree. If this were a Dem, it wouldn’t matter. But our side can do better. Surely there are other qualified candidates.
You mean like Joe Biden?
Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not ‘Malevolent’
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html
Remember when Joe Biden plagiarized a speech while running for president?
http://wtvr.com/2016/07/19/joe-biden-plagiarism/
They did worse. They just didn't pay their taxes because being liberal they considered themselves exempt from such mundane trivia.