As Michelle Malkin says, so much for comity.
The problem here is that the left probably doesn't really have a problem with Bolton. They simply want to show who's still boss in the senate, and Frist is all too willing to let thing continue as such for the sake of... erm... nevermind.
Republicans were not able to muster on Thursday the 60 votes needed to stop debate on John Bolton's nomination to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations despite support from two Democratic senators who had been instrumental in recent negotiations over judicial nominees.
The Senate voted 56-42 to move on to a confirmation vote, four shy of the tally needed for cloture. Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted for the end to debate, but other Democrats argued they want more information on the nominee's requests for certain intelligence intercepts. Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas also voted for cloture.
2006 will center around the continuing obstructionism the left is engaging in. How will they respond when the charge that the left doesn't want a nominee that will represent American interests, not the interests of the UN and the thugocracy it represents, sticks to them like a month-old banana cream pie.
This activity is nothing more than gamesmanship for the simple purpose of antagonizing their opponents. |