1.   Barring personal scandals, senators are reluctant to reject nominees.

2.   Bush has a right to nominate anyone he wants to his Cabinet and sub-Cabinet, and the Senate has the right to reject any nominees it deems unfit.

3.   Colleen A. Roche, a spokeswoman for the mayor, said the city charter did not require him to state his reason for rejecting a nominee.

4.   Gore also was a bit more partisan than Bradley in voting to confirm presidential appointees, rejecting more nominees than Bradley.

5.   If a nominee is rejected three times, the president can dissolve Parliament.

6.   If Duma members rejected the nominee three times, the president can dissolve the parliament and call for new elections.

7.   Individual senators such as Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas used their prerogative to reject nominees from their states.

8.   Republicans immediately accused Democrats of playing partisan politics in rejecting a nominee who had twice been confirmed by the Senate to serve on the commission.

9.   The Senate has never formally rejected a nominee for director of central intelligence.

10.   There should be no fear about demanding answers on ideology and rejecting nominees based on their answers.