Thursday, November 09, 2006

so much for cooperation

Bush Will Push Bolton Nomination in Lame Duck Session

At today’s White House press conference, Tony Snow revealed that the White House has officially renominated John Bolton as U.N ambassador and plans to push for his confirmation during the lame duck session of Congress. Bolton, who has repeatedly failed to gain Senate confirmation, is one of Bush’s most divisive nominations. The move comes one day after Bush pledged to “to work with the new Congress in a bipartisan way.”

(Think Progress)
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Hopefully, the Dems will be able to block this embarassment to the US.
Bush still uses back-door tactics cause he knows he can't win if he plays fair.