(CNN) White House resubmits Bolton nomination

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/index.html

White House resubmits Bolton nomination

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Congressional source says the White House has re-submitted the nomination of UN Ambassador John Bolton to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in an effort to get it considered during the lame duck session.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. BWAHAHAHA!

Man, talk about brass balls.

[madinmaryland]

2. FILIBUSTER NOW!!!!

[LynneSin]

12. Filibuster EVERYTHING until the new session starts

Seriously - this is nothing but bullshit. Bolton is done - find a new guy Bush

[gratuitous]

18. No, we can't filibuster

What if Dr. Frist invokes the nuclear option? We'll lose it forever as a tool, so let's not ever use it, so we can save it!

Hmmm. I guess those threats look pretty empty and ridiculous now, don't they?

Put this nomination in the crosshairs, take a deep breath, hold it, and slowly squeeze the trigger.

[madinmaryland]

30. Will Frist actually go nuclear at this point?

Given that they will never get anyone approved in the next two years, it might not be such a good idea for Frist to pull that.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

31. exactly, if he screws with philly buster, he screws his party

next term.

[ixion]

32. that 'nuclear' option is a whopping load of BS, and should be eliminated

IMO.

[TankLV]

45. USEIT! USE IT - NOW! If the repukes give US the "no fillibuster rule", then WE can use it in the

new DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED Senate and Congress!!!!

COMEON!

PRETTY PLEASE!

USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT USE IT

[C_U_L8R]

3. so much for playing nice....

gee that didn't even last a whole day

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. LOL!

He's such a pathological liar. They all are. Why can't you all see that our local and state governments are run by people who are just good at pretending they're doing their jobs?

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

48. Wednesday - bipartisanship, Thursday - Bolton and Legalize wiretaps

What a loon.

Why would the democrats in the senate allow either of these items to go forward now?

[whistle]

4. Dump Bolton now!

[K8-EEE]

5. Good luck with that!

Assholes!

[gratuitous]

6. Real gluttons, aren't they?

Even gluttons for punishment. Be ready to watch 'em take more abuse than a Filipino welterweight.

[AlCzervik]

7. bad move Chimpoleon, the republics on that committee won't shoot

themselves in the foot for you or Bolton.

[hlthe2b]

8. With all these rumours flying, I had been waiting for Steve Clemons

to address this http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/... He has been the weblogs guru on all things Bolton and led the original fights to counter him...


Nothing yet, but I would watch for Clemons to report on this...


It makes no sense. Why would it get out of committe now?

[onehandle]

9. Bolton who suggested McVeigh Republican Freepers attack the UN Building.

Classy, Mr. President.

[Marie26]

10. Wasn't this just turned down

by the Republican committee? What makes Bush think they'll pass it now? It's nice to see that the pledge to cooperate w/the new Congress lasted, oh, 2 hours.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. Not surprised...

...and he'll get his ass blocked just like the last time.

[NYYFan]

21. Agreed. This is their last best attempt to get him through

Could they possible look anymore desperate ?? :shrug:

[demo dutch]

13. They didn't get it --- Did they!!!!!

[reality based]

14. I think we can have a bipartisan rejection of this tone deaf move.

[catabryna]

15. Too, funny!

I just finished reading the following article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/pl_nm/usa_un_bolton_dc_1

After reading it, I wondered if Bush might not once again try to push this through before takeover day. Surprise, surprise...:eyes:

[qanda]

16. Yes, they are really looking to work with the Democrats

And have a bi-partisan agenda! :sarcasm:

[struggle4progress]

17. They're gonna try to ram through some ugly stuff in the next month or so

[arcane1]

24. indeed, this is just the beginning

:grr:

[bemildred]

35. I expect mainly clumsy attempts at butt-covering.

But it is clear that we are not going to get anything but lip-service to cooperation and respect.

[Ecumenist]

19. This chump is delusional...nt.

[kestrel91316]

20. It's FILIBUSTER TIME!!!!!!!!!

Bush, after saying how he was going to make nice with the Dems, just peed on our shoes. I say it's time to s--t on his tiny little head.

[meuniermr]

34. He won't even pass cloture IMO.

[maddezmom]

22. so this is how the Chimp is going to show cooperation?

:eyes: Bolton needs to go NOW!

[robertpaulsen]

25. HA! Let's see those lameduck turds unleash their nuclear option now!

If they want to even DISCUSS a confirmation they better be prepared for FULL DISCLOSURE or there will be a filibuster.

Dems have the WILL OF THE PEOPLE!

[Zodiak]

26. Wow...this is political suicide for Bush

He renegs on yesterday's promises, he tries to hurt the US reputation further when the people clearly said "no" to his war, and he tries to move a man through a lame duck congress who couldn't get through Congress when it wasn't lame duck.

This is the stupidest move possible. It promises war between him and the new congress. His legislative cronies are now shaking in their shoes from the landslide this week and he is going to try to apply the thumbscrews to them to whip them back in line.

The only way this makes political sense is this: he is calling in favors. He is a control-freak who cannot stand ANY disloyalty. He is making everyone fall on their swords in order to assert his leadership over them and get his little war-starting puppet in the UN. He fears that the Repuke congress will turn on him to save their jobs (and he is right). You know who else may be asked to help out and fall on their sword for Bolton? Leiberman...he owes the WH a favor, doesn't he?

This will be fun to watch. Bush is going to make to whole puke party blow up just to assert his dominance.

[MGKrebs]

27. So much for Newsmax's credibility.

They might be shills, but at least they used to be connected.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

28. DOA - The republican senators know he's not the guy for the job

Democratic Senators have not reason to change their minds.

Bolton couldn't get confirmed when * was relatively strong. How the hell can he get confirmed now?

[0007]

29. He can't and he won't.....junior wants to start a shit throwing

contest to prove to the sheeple that the Dems arn't serious.

[Zodiak]

33. and let's not forget asserting authority

Bush is keeping his legislators in line this way. He fears that they will turn on him.

He is a narcissist and cannot stand disloyalty.

[Elidor]

36. Dream on!

One last run through the gauntlet for Dubya's Designated Asshole for International Affairs. This will be fun!

[tblue37]

37. Lieberman has already said he would support Bolton.

He said that over a month ago.

[goforit]

47. Whata schmuck.

[plcdude]

38. so much

for bipartisan-shit and just remember who started this again. Absolutely incredible!

[Zhade]

39. lieberman: "I see no reason not to be for Bolton"

He supported Bolton as of 10/17/06:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/17/11515/710

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Monday endorsed controversial Bush appointee John Bolton for a permanent slot at the United Nations - putting him at odds once again with Democrats and his Senate colleague, Chris Dodd.

Dodd, D-Conn., is the leading critic of Bolton, the controversial envoy Bush sent to the U.N. on a temporary ambassadorship after Democrats and some key Republicans balked at nominating him.

"I see no reason not to be for Bolton," Lieberman told a meeting of the New York Daily News editorial board.

"Based on his capabilities - and now based on his performance - I believe Bolton is well-qualified," he said.

lieberman must be neutralized as a source of extortion. How do we ensure he votes with us and not against us? With what's right, not what's wrong?

[Jacobin]

43. A fellow neo con

[Megahurtz]

40. FILIBUSTER! FILIBUSTER! FILIBUSTER!

:bounce:

[dchill]

41. Thanks, one more time...

to Lincoln Chafee. Bush continues on in Stealth NeoCon Mode, like the election results just don't matter. How utterly out of touch.

[catmandu57]

42. Tells me there is a real civil war going on in the whitehouse

poppies faction v the neocons. Yesterday, we have darth getting the boot obviously engineered by poppy and baker, twisting gieorgie's* arm to work with the incomming dems.
Now we have the darkforce within the house whispering to georgie*, they're going to impload before spring is out.

[TankLV]

44. Wow! What "bipartisanship" he displays! Just like all the other times...

And the whore media will spin it thusly...

[Peace Patriot]

46. So much for Bush's "bipartisanship." This is as good as a declaration of

war on the voters and on the new Democratic Congress. This is just the sort of thing the voters wanted AN END TO. In-your-face fascism. Bolton is a fascist and a creator of death and chaos in the service of war profieers. If the lameduck Bush "pod people" Congress approves this, and the new Dem Congress doesn't immediately UNDO it, by RESCINDING that approval, we might as well NOT have had an election!

[elocs]

49. Republican Senator Chaffee said he will vote no.

The nomination will not get out of committee.

edit: This should have been a reply to the original post.