Bipartisanship?

The Democrats need to take the administration’s talk of bipartisanship for what it is: Bullshit.

But Mr. Bolton is keen to stay at the helm of the American team at the United Nations, administration officials say, and White House officials, including Mr. Bush’s counsel, Harriet E. Miers, have been looking into whether the president can somehow bypass the Senate and keep him there. Administration officials said Vice President Dick Cheney was backing exploration of such a move.

Mr. Bolton “could be named acting permanent representative or deputy U.N. ambassador or something else that doesn’t require confirmation,” a senior administration official said.

Obviously, doing that will anger Democrats, the official said. “But we’ll see.”

When senators blocked Mr. Bolton’s confirmation last year, Mr. Bush gave him a recess appointment, which expires when this Congress adjourns. Mr. Bush could give Mr. Bolton a second recess appointment as the United Nations ambassador, but under the law he could not be paid for his work.

White House officials are looking into whether he can be paid by some other entity and still serve as ambassador, or whether a de facto position could be created in which Mr. Bolton served as ambassador for all intents and purposes, but not in name.

Such a move would almost certainly enflame relations between the White House and the ascendant Democrats and would probably kill any further talk about bipartisan cooperation.

It’s truly ridiculous, the administration’s quest for power: ignoring the Constitution, trying to bypass the Senate.

Bush knows that John Bolton is not the kind of person the Democrats or the American people want at the UN, but rather than try to appoint someone else who is, he is once again looking for some way to shove Bolton down their throats.

The Democrats need to finally come to the realization that this is who Bush and his administration are. They need to call bullshit on all of the administration and the GOP’s talk of bipartisanship. The GOP doesn’t want bipartisanship: their actions betray them. In the last six years, the GOP hasn’t been bipartisan once, and they expect the Democrats to believe them now? I guess well have our chance in the next two years to see how stupid the Democrats are. The Democrats need to call this what it is--over and over again--in the media. And then they need to go about some partisanship of their own.

Bolton doesn’t have the votes in the Senate, so both sides need to move on. I really am sick of hearing this jackass Bolton’s name.