Don’t tell Senator Frist that (once again) a moderate Republican — not “Democratic obstructionism”— is responsible for Bolton’s apparent defeat. Over on his political action committee’s shadow Bolton Watch blog, the good doctor writes:

This month Senate Republicans will do everything they can to break Democrat obstruction and give John Bolton the fair up-or-down vote that he was denied last year. But we need your help to turn up the heat on the Democrats by flooding their offices with your calls in support of Ambassador Bolton and the President's agenda for reforming the waste and incompetence of the United Nations.

There is something terribly ironic about this. For instead of including Lincoln Chafee on the list of Senators whom Bolton supporters should contact, Frist lists only the telephone numbers of Democratic Senate offices. Partisanship, it would seem, trumps his goal of getting the Bolton nomination to the Senate floor for an up or down vote.

Everyday, I thank my lucky stars that Frist is terrible at his job.