Bolton Mania

Fire of Liberty

Here's a good piece by Bill Kristol in The Weekly Standard on the continued Borking of Secretary John Bolton nomination to the UN in the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee. Kristol argues that as long as the Democrats continue this tactic and the Republicans on the committee continue to allow it, future nominees will be mired in the act of watching their back instead pushing forward bold and effective policies. America cannot settle for the status quo of a "no-risk" amongst the various appointees in places like the bureaucratic State Department and Defense Department because we live in dangerous times where bold initiatives and thinking outside-of-the-box are greatly needed.

Also check out Jonah Goldberg's syndicated column on the Borking of Bolton.