I heard that the Articles of Confederation's utter failure to arise anything but hostility towards the mere proposal of a strong federal government led to the Constitutional Convention, which of course was the cradle of our current Constitution.
My question is, did anyone attempt to push a draft of any constitution to replace the Articles through Congress? Or was the Constitution we have today commissioned specifically?
Between that Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, there were these things called the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. The Federalist Papers played a key role in an explanation for another type of government using democracy, and allowing for a foundation for George Washington to endorse the idea.
Before anyone could even draft a "constitution" people had to be persuaded, so really nothing was really put forth. The main ideas at the time were either have a strong federal government (which was a huge Alexander Hamilton view and he even stated once that he wasn't apposed to having a king), and having a weak or non-existent federal government (like the Articles and was very similar to the views of Jefferson, even though his views changed over time.)
The Constitution was "commissioned," but it took a lot of time for people to be convinced that it was even necessary.
I don't think most historians would claim the Articles were a failure... The truth is that the the pre-constitutional government defeated the best super power in the world, and it was relatively sufficient at the time.
Read The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis
That book explores your whole question in deep detail, and it isn't the worst history book (literally.) Dr. Ellis writes fairly well!