Senior Republican Foreign Relations Committee Staff Reports "Bolton Confirmation Dead"

by Steve Clemons

The Washington Post has run an article this morning stating that the administration's effort to get John Bolton "confirmed" is now essentially dead -- though Condoleezza Rice seems ready to deploy some theatrics to try and get Senator Lincoln Chafee to change his mind.

My question is why didn't she do that after the late July hearing in which Chafee clearly outlined his serioius problems with the administration's Middle East foreign policy. Playing catch-up won't get Bolton confirmed.