"ok so didnt Harriet Myers deserve an up or down vote?"

Harriet Meyers nomination never made it to a vote. When the news media and the Democrats raised a huge din that she was too close to president George W. Bush and that she was not qualified, the nomination was withdrawn. This resulted in a true conservative being nominated and approved to the SCOTUS.

"and they didnt dare use the nuclear clause..."

The term was "nuclear option" which was just a piece of public relation BS. The Republicans have always shown respect for Democrat presidential nominations. According to the the US Constitution, a presidential nomination shall be approve by majority vote of the legialature, that being 50% plus one. The Republicans even showed respect for Clinton's choice of Ruth "Baader-Meinhoff" Ginsgurg, who is not a very good student of law and was appointed entirely for political reason. BTW, she spearheaded the Kelo case majority, the worst unconstitional disaster in US history.