[Cboldt]

A recess appointment simply means Bush will have to renominate Bolton in 2007 and go through the process again.

But it IS the President jamming something down the Senate's throat. And in 2007, with a track record, the confirmation process is different.

Why is the President willing to risk recess appointment for UN ambassador, but not SCOTUS?

[sinkspur]

It's unfair to ask someone to give a year of their lives to the SC, then risk not being confirmed.

The older judge Pickering bowed out rather than go through a recess appointment for that very reason.