The GOP obstructionists prevailed today in blocking cloture on a federal judge nominee

[Tx4obama]

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Robert E. Bacharach of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 10th Circuit)

Nomination Description: Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

Vote Counts:
YEAs 56
NAYs 34
Present 3
Not Voting 7

Roll call here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00186

The two Republicans senators from Oklahoma along with a senator from Utah voted 'present'

Voting present: Coburn (R-OK), Inhofe (R-OK), Hatch (R-UT)
Not voting: Ayotte (R-NH), DeMint (R-SC), Graham (R-SC), Kirk (R-IL)*, Lee (R-UT), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK)

(*Note: Kirk has not voted in a long time due to recovering from a stroke)

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Edited to add:

Here's a DU OP regarding the GOP's obstruction of federal judges: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125160681

[procon]

1. I actually watched this

I'm so angry. One Republican after another stood up to justify voting against this judge, not because of his qualifications, but because they were miffed about something some Dem had done to them in the past... grudges that went back for years.

This was petty childishness -- and if they were my kids, they wouldn't try to pull that stunt twice! -- grown men acting like nasty brats in their team goal of spiteful, tit-for-tat retaliation. I was just dumbfounded that these small minded jackasses thought their arguments were so profound that they were will to stand in front of a camera and admit that they had nothing, but they were going to block him anyway just to deny the president another judge.

Why are they even there? Seriously, the student government from any local high school in the country has a greater sense of civic duty than those Republican buffoons in Congress... and they'd likely get more accomplished, too!