John Bolton: We have to stop him

We've had a busy week politically this week. The Bolton business is coming to a head. Hopefully the moderates in the Senate can muster enough support to deal with this guy. He's got all the best qualities to make him a decidely BAD diplomat. He really doesn't have anything good going for him on these things. I just don't see how he's going to be able ram through reforms effectively if he doesn't believe in the institution. I only hope moderate like Voinovich can get their message through and vote this guy down.

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Nominees: What Next

They've also passed Owens as a circuit court judge for the 5th district. It kills me that they backed down but the Dems would've lost I'm afraid. The real battle will be in the Supreme Court anyway. Bill Frist say the NUCLEAR OPTION still isn't off the table but I don't know if he'd have enough vote to stop it at this point. It is interesting that 14 Senators stopped the whole thing in its tracks, at least for the moment. Once again go moderates for keeping the filibuster. I only hope the Senate loses a few of the more conservative seats this time around to give the moderates more of an edge.

Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay's PAC got busted today. They said they would fight but they broke campaign finance laws and they're getting their dessert for it. It service them right. Now, if they'd could just nail DeLay himself on something and get him out of Congress. It would be a blow the Republicans big time.

Waste, Fraud and Abuse In Frankfort?

Old Ernie Fletcher and the boys keep coming up empty in this investigation so far although Bill Nighbert told his Inspector General to back off in his internal investigation. This inspector general thing sounds more like a patsy than anything else. He does exactly what he's told or at least that what they expect. I'd say the current IG will walk out of the job. It's the only way he can keep his integrity and self respect. Greg Stumbo said he's about ready to file charges, hopefully he can get some convictions out of this. I figured Ralph Hacker would've known better, being the UK announcer for all those years. I guess there's no accounting for integrity though.The merit system is to protect the good workers in the Ky. state government and make sure they have jobs regardless of who's in office. But Ol Ernie wants to ditch the system. I think it will survive.

Congratulations to Jody Curry too for winning his special election. His victory will allow the Democrats to maintain their control in the House. I wonder what will become of the open Senate district in Louisville. Since the judge kept the injunction in place, Dana Seum Stephenson can't take the seat but neither can Ms. Woodward. I'd say a special election is in the works.

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