If Bolton Goes Down, Here's How to Make the Dems Pay...

James Taranto's Best of the Web today has some thoughts on the current John Bolton situation:

The Bolton nomination is far from dead; neither Voinovich nor ny other Republican has announced an intention to oppose his confirmation. The Republicans could end up sticking together, as they did when Democrats tried similar tactics to block the first President Bush's appointments of John Tower to the Pentagon and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Only one GOP senator ended up voting against Tower and two against Thomas.

And if by chance Bolton is rejected or withdraws because he has had enough? Plan B:

President Bush's aim should be to make the Dems' victory as Pyrrhic as possible. That is, he should eschew any temptation to conciliation and instead nominate someone as brassy as Bolton. We've got just the candidate: Rudy Giuliani.

Boy that would piss them off. And being as popular as Rudy is, they wouldn't dare say "boo" about it.

Hat Tip: RealClearPolitics

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