What's a chimp to do: it's Cheney v. Rice over the Bolton nom.

Turns out the Bolton nomination was all Cheney's idea, and more dirt on Bolton here:
From Slate.com:

<<<...There's a third factor. Almost nobody around President Bush likes Bolton. That "almost" is a big qualifier. The guy who does like Bolton is Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney put him up for this job, and what Cheney wants usually goes. But Cheney wanted Bolton to have a bigger job, deputy secretary of state. And the person who blocked that promotion was Condoleezza Rice, who was about to be confirmed as secretary of state and didn't want her No. 2 to be someone who'd report behind her back to Cheney. Rice has publicly supported Bolton, but with some body language that can be read as a caveat. Usually, nominees for U.N. ambassador are introduced to the press by the president. Bolton was introduced by Rice. It was as if she were saying, "This guy will be under my thumb." Some insiders said to themselves that day, "Good luck." One of the charges that has since come out is that, during Bush's first term, when Bolton was undersecretary of state for arms control (a position he still holds), he held on to documents about Iran that were meant to be passed up to Colin Powell and Richard Armitage, then the secretary and deputy secretary of state. It has been reported that, as a result, Rice now keeps Bolton out of the loop. It's a reasonable inference that she—and many other officials at Foggy Bottom—would be relieved if Bolton's nomination were somehow withdrawn.

So, President Bush must choose between his two most trusted advisers, Cheney and Rice. Cheney is a fairly cold-blooded politico. Maybe even he will realize that the cause is no longer worth saving. Bolton has caused a mess, and it can only get messier. The Democrats might beat him in the Senate, and once they win one contest they will only get more aggressive on other, more important contests to come. "It's not personal, John, it's business," Cheney might say, as he stretches the cord and wraps it around Bolton's neck (metaphorically, of course).

It's a good guess that one of two things is going to happen in the coming days and weeks: Either Bolton goes down—or we start learning a lot of unpleasant things about Sen. George Voinovich.>>>

http://slate.msn.com/id/2117028/


Wow--everyone hates this guy Bolton. What an un-American creep. If this is true, they might withdraw the nomination rather than give our Dems a victory over this nomination. But hey, that's also a win!

Great find! I hardly ever go over to Slate any more unless someone directs me there. That's some nice tying up of loose ends of information.

I'm imagining they'll withdraw Bolton's name. Or he'll discover he suddenly needs to spend more time with his lucky wife and kiddies. :eyes:

Shrub hates losing so much he'll do anything to avoid it. And Bolton is just foul. And smelling worse by the hour.