[anniegetyourgun]

Or Bush could withdraw Bolton's name.

Or the Boston Globe can eat dog poo and die.

[Chgogal]

"Bolton's views on the UN are hostile."

Oil for Food Scandal, Rwanda, Sex Scandal in the Congo, etc.

Robert Kuttner are you in a time warp or something?

[Cboldt]

Or, Bush could stick to his word, which was to tell the Senate leadership to give the nominee an up or down vote.

I will be very disappointed if there is a recess appointment. The bigger issue here, between Bolton and the confirmation process, is Senate refusal to vote on a nominee based on the assertions of a minority of Senators.

[SkyPilot]

Or the Senate could stop a political smear against a good man, John Bolton.

Oh wait, that isn't an option Liberals would consider, because that is what is right.

[kcvl]

Robert Kuttner

Co-founded with Princeton author and sociologist Paul Starr and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, The American Prospect is a liberal quarterly about politics, policy, and ideas dedicated to the renewal of America’s democratic traditions.

[Jim Noble]

Bolton is not going to be confirmed.

[NewHampshireDuo]

The weak-kneed repubs in the senate doesn't have the resolve to get Bolton confirmed. Bush should recess appoint. The libs will scream but Bolton will have nearly 2 years to irritate the annointed clowns in the UN.

[Cboldt]

If I was president Bush, I would not recess appoint anybody over the Independence Day recess. If a recess appointment is in the cards, I would wait until August, the summer recess. The Senate still has Bolton and a handful of Circuit Court nominations on its plate. The Circuit Court nominees are Haynes, Nielson, Saad and Kavanaugh (still in committee) and Boyle and Myers, on the Senate's Executive Calendar.

But under Rule XXXI, all nominations are returned to the president on the event of a recess of 30 or more days.

Nominations neither confirmed nor rejected during the session at which they are made shall not be acted upon at any succeeding session without being again made to the Senate by the President; and if the Senate shall adjourn or take a recess for more than thirty days, all nominations pending and not finally acted upon at the time of taking such adjournment or recess shall be returned by the Secretary to the President, and shall not again be considered unless they shall again be made to the Senate by the President.

http://rules.senate.gov/senaterules/rule31.htm

At that point, the president will have given the Senate FULL opportunity to act. Meanwhile, he can express disappointment, and urge them to act. In effect, apply pressure to the Senate and NOT take the matter out of the Senate's hands prematurely.

All of the nominations for Ciruit Court positions were made in February. Myers was put on the Senate's Executive Calendar on March 17, and still no debate, let alone an up-or-down vote. The President needs to beat up on the Senate. The position of UN ambassador isn't that all fired important that it can't wait.

[jw777]

If bad manners and a temper are criteria for which a candidate must not be voted on or confirmed, why should Boxer, Pelosi, Schumer, KENNEDY and the rest of the Bully Gang get to keep their jobs? VOTE THEM OUT!