Did I post too soon?

Maybe there are limits to how far some Senators will whore themselves out to the Bush administration. Makes me wonder what is really going on. Did these 2 just get fed up? Is it retaliation for some specific insult? Is it to further politics by demonstrating bipartisanship? Pressure from their constituents? Or maybe for the good of the country? Regardless it's a strange occurance to suddenly decide 3 weeks later that you want to hear more. Really. I consider this like, shocking evidence that the system might be working, and Senators might be learning things at this hearing and making judgements based on the evidence. As a cynic, that really surprises me.

It will be VERY interesting to see how this one plays out. All along the buzz was on whether or not Chafee would turncoat. He swings enough to be generally disliked by his peers. Looks like he was wise to keep silent this time. If he had crossed lines here, he would have been the whipping boy. The other 2 are pretty much safe. Sure the rabid types will be mad, but the purely objective truth is most people wouldn't hire this guy for a job. That's how I would word it in a press conference. "Look, this is a job interview. The candiate wasn't right for the job. End of story." (At least that's how I would word it if I were a Republican, if a Democrat I would demonize the hell out of Bolton, Bush, and the Repblicans who supported him.)

Here's the deal...the president can nominate anyone he wants. Why did he go out of his way to find someone so rancid? Yeah it's disrepectful to the UN, but it's also disrespectful to Congress.

Please, please let this be the beginning of the end.