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Bolton May Accept Recess Appointment
Stalemate Continues on U.N. Nomination

John R. Bolton's nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations was the hottest issue in Congress a few months ago. But it has virtually evaporated this summer, eclipsed by speculation over a Supreme Court nominee and the fate of the president's top political adviser.

With neither the White House nor Senate Democrats showing any sign of yielding in their long-running dispute over documents related to Bolton's State Department work, speculation is rife that Bolton is prepared to accept a recess appointment good through the end of 2006, despite warnings from some GOP senators that it would weaken his influence and effectiveness...

"He'll take the recess" appointment, said the administration source, who is familiar with Bolton's thinking. "The president has made his selection, and the president is asking the Senate to confirm the selection, and if the Senate refuses to do that, then most assuredly [Bush] will make a recess appointment."

The president is constitutionally empowered to fill vacancies when the Senate is in recess, and the appointments are effective through the final adjournment of the sitting Congress...

Bolton? He's going to go to the U.N. anyway.

Rove? There is no Bu$hCo without him. Or Cheney. Or Rumsfeld. Or a dozen others, who will not back down, because if they don't hang together, separately they will be hung by a court of law.

There's no rational reason for me to think this, just a hunch.

The gunboats are circling Ft. Sumpter.

Darth Cheney is worried about the security of the Wrepublic.

Look for a big one, and martial law soon, if they can't get Gonzales to fire Fitzgerald legally.