You need to bone up on parliamentary procedure. Had Lugar gone forward with a vote, Bolton's nomination would have failed in committee and been dead.
As annoying/disgusting as today's committee meeting was, Bolton lives to fight another day.
Voinovich is a disgrace to the Republican Party. Condolences to the Ohio FReepers.
I don't suppose he cares what Ohio conservatives think, but my opinion of him dropped even further today.........
Folks, turning our back on the Republican Party is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
We should be working to target and get rid of the RINOS. I won't be giving to the RNC anymore. I'll target my money toward specific races and specific candidates, so that RINOs don't get a dime and I get more bang for my buck.
Oh! It was voinovich???
I don't know what it is with the Ohio Republicans.
This is probably Voinovich's last term. He won re-election last year, winning all 88 counties. He has always rankled feathers in the conservative camp. This is probably one of the big ranklings however.
This is just another example that will be used here in 2006 for why changes need to be made in the Ohio Republican Party. The change being going from a liberal-to-moderate (RINO) leadership to a much more conservative leadership. Conservatives in this state have become fed up with Voinovich, DeWine, and Taft. Ken Blackwell, a true conservative running for governor of Ohio in 2006 has said that next year "will be a fight for the heart and soul of the Ohio Republican Party." (paraphrasing)
I feel sorry for the person handling the phones in Voinovich's office right now. It probably ain't pretty.