[Carling]

"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy," Chafee said. "And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoke out against."

It used to be the President would get his nominees at least a vote and typically a 'yes' from most members. Have things completely flipped now? Six Senate seats changing hands in a fraction of the US population suddenly trumps a sitting President who received over 62 million votes and over 50% of the popular vote?

Has Chafee gone mad? Bench him immediately, put him on the sidelines, and let's have a debate over the UN's role over US policy IMMEDIATELY. Goodness. Will the GOP get some balls please?

[tobyhill]

I just assume at this point in time ask the Rats who they want, put them in place and when NK and Iran gets nukes or more nukes chastise the choice in public and make sure everyone knows they were Democrat's choice.