Dems claim unprecedented obstruction of Obama's nominees by Republicans in Senate

Seriously?  I have a book coming out at the beginning of June that explains that this isn't true.  In the meantime I will simply mark the claim here.  From the NY Times:

There is no historical precedent for the number of cabinet-level nominees that Republicans have blocked or delayed in the Obama administration. Chuck Hagel became the first defense secretary nominee ever filibustered. John Brennan, the C.I.A. director, was the subject of an epic filibuster by Senator Rand Paul. Kathleen Sebelius and John Bryson, the secretaries of health and human services and commerce, were subjected to 60-vote confirmation margins instead of simple majorities. Susan Rice surely would have been filibustered and thus was not nominated to be secretary of state. . . .