Gov. Bill Richardson is wondering if Bolton snooped on his negotiations with the North Koreans, the AP reports (towards end of article). And Bolton was on the Hill today meeting with Senators notably not on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev). This NYT piece reports that Voinovich's staff won't say whether Bolton met with Voinovich or not today. Senate Foreign Relations commitee staff are in the midst of interviewing as many as 20 people on Bolton, it reports. In a second NYT piece, Elizabeth Bumiller reports that the White House has "intensified its campaign to rescue" the Bolton nomination, and you can feel a shift today in pro-Bolton advocacy moving from the public realm to the back rooms. Note that the ultra-right wing MoveAmericaForward's anti-Voinovich ads have been halted -- presumably because they have been assured Voinovich will vote as the White House wishes. It seems in the past 24 hours the threshold needed to suay GOP SFRC Senators to vote no on Bolton has been raised.

Posted by Laura at April 26, 2005 10:19 PM