It seems that pieces like this are intended to sway either the president to withdraw the nomination, or the Senate to reject it. I gather that both are quite r

It seems that pieces like this are intended to sway either the president to withdraw the nomination, or the Senate to reject it. I gather that both are quite rare: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Nominations.htm#10 http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/... Most recently, John Tower was rejected in 1989, and Tom Daschle withdrawn in 2009.