Senator Chuck Hagel is wavering in his support for John Bolton, according to the Denver Post [April 16, 2005, "2nd GOP senator wavering on Bolton"]. From the article, "A committee vote is scheduled for Tuesday, and the outcome no longer is guaranteed. Republicans control the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by a 10-8 margin. All eight Democrats oppose Bolton. Until Friday, the only Republican believed to be wavering in support of President Bush's U.N. nominee was Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who has said he is inclined to vote for Bolton but has not yet made up his mind."
Stygius: "Steve Clemons has reproduced in-full an Economist piece on the John Bolton nomination hearings. The question left widest open is that of Bolton's honesty. His comments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on a variety of subjects, raises the most basic doubts about Bolton's reliability, not to mention his manifest unprofessionalism."
Senator Bill Frist is on the hotseat for his decision to participate in a telecast purported to cast Democrats against people of faith for blocking judicial nominees. The Moderate Voice writes, "Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has reportedly now not only decided on the 'nuclear option' on filibusters but he is apparently ready to help instigate a political BIG BOOM that has the potential of enmeshing the GOP in charges that it's ushering in a new, dangerous area of theocratic McCarthyism."
Bull Moose: "Pastor Moose alerts his parishioners that the Right Reverend Bill Frist, M.D.'s Amazing Salvation and Medicine Show may be soon coming to a mega-church near you."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
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