Nay. Call it, good old fashioned "borking"!
It does have a nice ring to it, at that.
Bush had asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to bring the Pickering vote to the full Senate floor regardless of the committee's action, but he was summarily rejected.
If Pickering's nomination did get a floor vote, it would likely pass the 50-49-1 Senate, since three Democrats — Zell Miller of Georgia, Ernest "Fritz" Hollings of South Carolina, and John Breaux of Louisiana — have said they would vote with the 49 Republicans who support Pickering. The White House and Senate Republicans said that's the real reason Daschle won't budge.
"The Constitution says as we all know that nominations will be confirmed by the Senate, not by the judiciary committee," said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. "The reason this committee apparently is going to turn down Judge Pickering on a party-line vote is because it is well known that if the nomination got to the floor that Judge Pickering would be confirmed."
Democrats Defeat Bush Nominee