why did Senator Boxer remove the hold on Bolton?

[still_one]

She said she would keep the hold until the state department released all requested documents. They haven't

What is going on!!!

Is there anything thing we stand for?

[Frances]

1. Please give a link to the info

that Boxer released the hold on Bolton. I had not heard that.

[still_one]

3. call her office

[phone]

I just got off the phone with them

I heard it on the radio, then called, and got it confirmed

No reason given

[babylonsister]

2. This was on a thread yesterday:

Embedded in an article Steve Clemons wrote yesterday at "The Washington Note" about Voinovich's letter to senators opposting Bolton. The whole article is a good read but I especially honed in on this line:

<snip>

Senator Boxer has agreed to remove her "hold" on Bolton as Frist can remove the hold with a "motion to proceed" which requires only a simple majority to win.

<snip>

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/000653.html

[still_one]

4. to me we should fight for everything

requesting complete information from the state department was NOT unreasonable

let frist call for an immediate vote, let the country see how reasonable this thugs are

"full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"

[babylonsister]

5. I heard Boxer this a.m., and she and the rest of the Dems

are fighting (well, except for Liebermann:eyes:)! I hope they hang tough, and if they have to filibuster, so be it. This guy would be poison in the UN and further diminish the opinion of the US in other nations' eyes. We really cannot afford it...

[still_one]

8. If we have to filibuster, we should

win, lose, or draw, it is time we stand up to bullies, they only know one language

[Lights_Out]

6. Welcome to the world of the Democrats

Hailing from Caleeforneea, Boxer is my senator. However great she may be, she still walks the party line.

The truth is, democrats in the senate just aren't as liberal as they should be. Barbara Boxer stands alone in a world of moderates. It really does not surprise me that she has released the hold on Bolton. Perhaps it's because he may not have a chance to win the popular vote in the senate, but that's mere speculation.

Anyway, Boxer and Lantos are my homies. Peace to them and what they stand for.

[Frances]

7. I don't understand what you mean

when you say that Boxer walks the party line.

It seems to me that Boxer is simply playing chess.

Right now the public perceives that the Dems won on the filibuster compromise.

If Boxer kept the hold, there would be a vote and the Dems would lose, which would be more evidence that the Dems are "losers."

Better to make a good speech and hope that the speech is the news, not the losing vote.

[Lights_Out]

9. Sorry for the misunderstanding

I meant that Boxer seems to back down when her party is not behind her. I wish that she was as driven as she wants us to believe.

I also hope that you are right about her chess game; she may be backing down, but she is one tough cookie.