Is Kerry's anti-nuclear option push a hint of a Bolton filibuster?

cestpaspossible

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Fri Apr-01-05 02:44 PM
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Poll question: Is Kerry's anti-nuclear option push a hint of a Bolton filibuster?

Edited on Fri Apr-01-05 02:45 PM by cestpaspossible

Why raise this now, unless the Democrats plan a filibuster soon? Perhaps they think they have a better chance of peeling away some Republicans if the battle is about Bolton and not about a Supreme Court nominee... what do you think?

Will the Senate Democrats filibuster the Bolton nomination if it makes it to the floor?

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blm

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Fri Apr-01-05 02:53 PM
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1. Possibly. I think Kerry views Bolton with disgust since IranContra days

Edited on Fri Apr-01-05 02:55 PM by blm

and spoke against him when Bush hired him in 2001. No doubt Kerry loathes Bolton and everything he stands for.

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cestpaspossible

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Fri Apr-01-05 07:21 PM
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4. He did write a scathing letter about the nomination...

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karynnj

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Fri Apr-01-05 02:56 PM
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2. Unless they can stop it in the Foreign Relations Committee

I think I read that all the Democrats on the committee are against Bolton - particularly Kerry. The question is whether they can get 2 of the Republicans.

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cestpaspossible

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Fri Apr-01-05 02:57 PM
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3. Yes they need 2

with tie vote, Lugar could still send it to the floor.

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