Rs will try to push Bolton appt through in Lame Duck session...CNN

[Skidmore]

just reported this. Apparently discussed as this morning's breakfast * had with the R leadership mafia.

[malaise]

1. Filibuster Dems

You'd better.

[meldroc]

12. Filibuster++! They won't dare use the nuclear option!

After all, in a couple months, they will be the minority party, and will want to be able to filibuster.

[Bucky]

14. They're probably calculating that with a 51-49 senate they can sustain their filibusters.

Our work for the 2008 senate races has just begun. Hope you enjoyed the vacation, Democrats!!

[fidgeting wildly]

16. Yep.

Bolton is a lose-lose situation for them now. :bounce:

[babylonsister]

2. Stand by for fireworks!

:popcorn:

[bluerum]

3. Should read that they will try to nominate him. No way are they "pushing"

anything through anymore. And they better get used to it.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. I Wonder What His Chances Would Be In January?

I'm sure he would just sail right through once the next session begins.

[Kber]

5. What about "lost the election" don't these guys get?

[Bucky]

18. It sucks, but it's fair game. Congress was elected thru January 3rd.

Bush's intention to work as a bipartisan didn't last very long tho. I smell a Rove.

[still_one]

6. He never won confirmation the first time

There is no question about this, the Democrats can stop this, and this could be the first challenge to his administration

[napi21]

7. Apparently CNn is guessing again! Here's a clip from an email I

received this AM:

There had been indications that Bolton might win Senate confirmation after the election when several key votes might be open to favoring Bolton. But the GOP's apparent loss of the Senate has doomed that hope.

"This nomination is dead and we have known it for several days," a source close to the U.S. mission to the U.N. tells NewsMax.

President Bush has strongly supported Bolton and has repeatedly called upon the Senate committee to allow the nomination to go to the full Senate for an "up and down vote." Senate Democrats again blocked such a vote Wednesday evening.

"The Bolton nomination will not get voted on," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., reportedly has told colleagues.

Another leading Democrat, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., a long-time Bolton nemesis, seconded Reid's position on Wednesday. Biden is expected to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the new Congress convenes in January.

While Bolton's office in New York has not commented on developments, NewsMax has learned that the White House is considering reappointing Bolton under the same recess appointment provision. There is a hiccup: Bolton would be forced to serve without pay, an unlikely alternative sources say.

Among those believed to be on a White House short list to replace Bolton is former Senate majority leader and prominent Maine Democrat George Mitchell.

[bluerum]

9. Yeah. An up or down vote. Lets go for it. nt

[The Stranger]

10. GEORGE MITCHELL WOULD BE BRILLIANT!

WE WANT MITCHELL!

[flyarm]

19. i am iffy about that..isn't he now connected to Disney??..

he sold his soul when he sat back and allowed ABC to show that bullshit 9/11 show and he said nothing and just stayed silent..i believe he is on disney board..but i could be wrong..

but..i want someone new ..someone clean..with total respect of the UN...

now where to find that person..

fly

[Bucky]

24. I'm sorry, flyarm, but were you expecting Bush to nominate George Clooney?

It's politics and politics is a money game. Don't expect a virgin to run a whore house. George Mitchell would represent the country well and is a massive improvement over just about anyone else Bush might consider appointing.

[Bucky]

21. Mitchell would probably take the job too--more of that old fashioned country-before-party thinking.

[flyarm]

25. now i am not sure of this law..but for some reason i have this stuck in my mind..

if * does a recess appointment would that only stand until the new congress is convened??

for some reason i think that a recess appt. only lasts 1 year or ...until a new congress each year convenes..

does anyone else know how that goes??

thanks ..fly

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. Biden already has alluded to the fact that they won't let him be confirmed

This is going to be fun.

[dkofos]

11. I nominate Bill Clinton

[kestrel91316]

17. Ditto. Bill would do us proud at the UN.

But I CANNOT see Bush appointing him.

[ImNotBuying]

13. He still doesn't get it.

The guy just refuses to join the world of reality.

[porphyrian]

15. Yeah, that'll happen. Hold your breath, guys... - n/t

[Poiuyt]

20. Why is Bush so obsessed with this guy?

[Norquist Nemesis]

22. Along with a bunch of legislation

Bush showed up for 30 seconds in front of the mob to threaten us all.

[Hubert Flottz]

23. Good I hope the Touchy Feely bullshit ends today!

We are in a political WAR for our country! To Hell with playing nice. Have the GOPers played nice?

[Blackhatjack]

26. Members of Congress Who Are About To Become Minority Members...

... might be less inclined to engage in a hopeless pursuit like this.

[greeneyedboy]

27. this will not help the GOP's popularity.