bolton nomination

Bolton's U.N. post sparks partisan debate
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and GOP leaders on Thursday renewed their push for Senate approval of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador. Democrats maintained he is too brash and ineffective to be confirmed.
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Several Democrats said during the nomination hearing Thursday that their views had not changed, citing reports that Bolton has alienated other ambassadors and failed to make progress on U.N. reform efforts.

"My concern is that at the moment of the greatest need for diplomacy in our recent history, we are not particularly effective at it," said Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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Obviously, he has been ineffective and was a terrible choice for this position.
I have read that some people think that it would be good politically not to fight this nomination because then we can still point to bolton as another bush failure.
But we shouldn't let politics get in the way of what is best for the country - that's what the repugs have done and see where that has gotten us!

And from Think Progress:

Why Bolton’s First Year Was A Failure