[Alas Babylon!]

As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.

[OldFriend]

Don't suppose they'll ask Biden about Reid and Dean doing their vicious low down disgusting thing against Bolton and Saad.

[Ima Lurker]

McCain and Biden are both on today. Gee, what are the chances of that ever happening again?

[Liberty Valance]

I'm getting the distinct impression that there is something the democranks don't want folks to know about the UN/State Dept. relationship...and Bolton just might upset the house of cards they've so carefully crafted since the Clinton Admin. The opposition to Bolton is fast approaching the absurd. He's too zealous or abrassive in doing his job?....come on.

[meema]

bttt

[Doctor Raoul]

Cece started in about Colin Powell dissing Bolton and Hume yanked back on her reins and pulled her up short.

She had to admit that she's quoting second hand hearsay.

Cece should be writing a gossip column if that's indicative of her journalist standards.

Ops, I forgot....it is!

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[TomGuy]

Is FNS now 90 minutes?

I don't get it until 10 am CDT. TV schedule still shows it running 60 minutes. Dang, if it runs 30 longer, it will bump the real estate infomercial. I'd just hate that. [I had that 30 minutes slotted to clip my toenails and count the dandelions in the yard.]

[InterceptPoint]

I haven't read the whole thread so this may have been noted elsewhere but I thought it newsworthy.

On Fox News Sunday, it was suggested that if the Dems don't have the votes (the RINO votes) to stop the nuclear option their best strategy is to allow a cloture vote to succeed after they filibuster the Circuit Court nominees. This would preserve their "right" to filibuster the Supreme Court nominees and give them more time to lobby the seven or so RINOS who might change their mind, particularly if they don't like the Supreme Court nominee.

On the Frist side, if he doesn't have the votes then I think he will not force the issue. He will just delay and start writing his memoirs now since his Presidential hopes will be gone, gone, gone.

Thus the logic is that the nuclear option will NOT HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. If Frist has the votes the Dems will fold temporarily and that will delay the vote to the timeframe when the first USSC nominee is presented to the Senate.

We do live in interesting times.

[OldFriend]

FWIW, was channel surfing this morning and caught Biden using the phrase.....secret vote.

If the Senate had a secret vote then Bolton would not be confirmed.

Couple of hours later I'm watching a few minutes of McLaughlin and there's Eleanor Clift saying that if there was a secret vote in the Senate Bolton would not be confirmed.

TALKING POINTS ALERT