Bolton Vote Postponed!
Lugar has postponed the Bolton vote. It's unclear exactly what this means at this point except that some Senators may be having second thoughts about Bolton. In the spirit of "I told you so," I'll point out that this has evolved into a classic example of Republican bluffing. As recently as yesterday, Lugar's staff was saying that they expect a party-line vote on Bolton, which would approve him and send him to the full Senate. It now appears it isn't nearly that simple.
Update: Arianna Huffington reports that the WH asked Lugar to postpone the entire business meeting to mask the uncertainty surrounding the Bolton nomination, but Lugar refused. She attributes this to a weakened WH; I would add that it's clear that Lugar, along with at least half of the Republicans on the Committee, don't like Bolton. Lugar's not about to stick his neck out for him.
Chris Bowers at MyDD also reports on an e-mail he received that the nomination may be abandoned altogether. I think that's wishful thinking, but any way you slice it, the Bolton nomination is most definitely on the ropes.
Stay tuned.
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