Slate's Fred Kaplan explains the peculiar situation the White House would find itself in were it resort to recess appointing Bolton to the UN, an institution Bolton's supporters charge with not being sufficiently democratic. Meantime, options on Bolton getting confirmed by June 30th sank to a last bid of 23 today at tradesports.com. Thanks to reader LL for the explanation of the scheme. Jeremy Dibbell blogged the Senate cloture vote.

Posted by Laura at June 20, 2005 09:18 PM