Reminder: Bolton hearing set for May 12, 10 a.m. EDT

there's a ton of undercurrents surrounding the bolton nomination and the best place to keep up is on steve clemon's site, the washington note... one thing steve hearkened back to this afternoon bears repeating here not only because i totally agree with him but because it also underlies the dysfunctional power dynamic that has possessed the bush administration from the moment the florida debacle was settled... it also, as so much else does in the bush administration, highlights two of the most craven power lords, cheney and rove... steve doesn't mention rove in his comments and perhaps i'm paranoid, but one of the nastiest smells emanating from this administration has the initials kr...

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John Bolton's blind loyalty in the past and present to Jesse Helms, Dick Cheney, and to George Bush's successful presidential race in the year 2000 was the type of total loyalty, devoid of content, that now makes it difficult for the White House to cut loose from his troubled campaign to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

If the White House, and particularly Dick Cheney, drop Bolton too easily, other zealots counting on total support from the White House will have to recalculate their affections. The White House does not really care much about the U.N. as an institution, but they do care about sending signals to their most loyal followers that the Bush-Cheney machine won't totally stand behind their people.

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