What's up with these Senators? Is it opposite day again???

[Tesla]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7470130/
Democrat Drops Hold on Bolton Nomination
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:10 p.m. ET May 25, 2005

WASHINGTON - John R. Bolton's prospects for winning Senate approval to become U.N. ambassador have brightened as a key Democrat abandoned her plan to try blocking debate on the confirmation.,
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On Tuesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., decided to drop her plan to use procedural delays to prevent the debate on Bolton from beginning, according to spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz. Her decision came after conferring with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's top Democrat, Joseph Biden of Delaware, and after the resolution of a sharply partisan battle over Senate filibusters that has seemed to take some of the wind out of the opposition to Bolton.

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The Democrats' decision does not mean, however, that Bolton is headed for a smooth sail through the Senate. On Tuesday, Sen. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, asked colleagues to vote against a "controversial and ineffective ambassador."

The maverick Republican senator had forced a Foreign Relations committee delay on Bolton's nomination last month. He then brokered an unusual compromise that sent the nomination to the full Senate without the customary recommendation from a Senate committee.

Voinovich echoed Democratic objections to Bolton, saying his conduct and temperament make him ill-suited for a sensitive diplomatic post. Voinovich planned to make a lengthy case against Bolton on the Senate floor.

[hedda_foil]

1. They may think they have a shot at 51 votes against him

It looks like it may be swinging that way to me.

[CWebster]

2. The perception of success

now paralyzes them from taking action because they must abide by the concessions they are bound with.

a kinder gentler nuke.