Key Republican joins Dems opposing Bolton nomination

[mcg]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/10/bolton.congress/index.html

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- This is probably not what President Bush had in mind when he stressed bipartisanship after the Democratic Party's midterm elections sweep.

A key Senate Republican has joined Democrats in opposing one of Bush's initiatives for the lame-duck Congress: John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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But Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated in this week's election, said he would block Bolton's nomination.

Chafee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that he did not believe Bolton's nomination would move forward without his support. ..."

[The Count]

1. Graceful exit!

[Teaser]

2. Chafee is basically a good guy

and I wish he would have switched so we didn't have to take him out. But he made his choice, and we had to make ours.

Maybe he can run for gov someday as a Dem.

[Tight_rope]

3. Good for Chafee....I hope he runs for office as a democrat in the future.

:patriot: :kick:

[sebastianj333]

4. If not that, at least as Independent

He's is pretty moderate...