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Originally Posted by politicophile
If Bolton serves as Ambassador for a year and a half without incident...
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Well that's a pretty big "If" right there. I think it's pretty clear that Bolton isn't being sent up to the UN to make friends and sit on his hands. He's being sent up there to "reform" the UN. Knowing the temperament of Mr.Bolton, that probably means a lot of yelling and grandstanding with few if any positive results.
I do see a bit of Rovian strategy in what the Bush administration is doing. They are trying to make as many outrageous decisions as possible in order to make it impossible for the Democrats to fight all of them. It'll mean that the White House will probably go unchallenged on lesser outrages like the Roberts nomination. In the end though, this is going to hurt our country, but its not like that ever stopped them before.