Bolton vote postponed. Reuters: "[Senate Foreign Relations] Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican, did not explain why the vote on whether to send Bolton's nomination to the full Senate was removed from the day's agenda and did not say if or when it would be taken up again. Given Democratic opposition to Bolton's nomination, all Republicans on the committee would have to back him in order to send his name to the Senate with a full endorsement. Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who is locked in a tight re-election bid, has not publicly said how he would vote." Mark Goldberg predicted the nomination was in trouble. Update from the WP: Vote postponted until at least after Chafee's primary next week.

Posted by Laura at September 7, 2006 09:54 AM