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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Serious question: Why do you think Powell has not spoken in support of Bolton?
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Powell has made it pretty clear, to those reading between the lines, that he is lobbying against Bolton.
Mona Charen can blame the Bolton thing on "liberals," but if that was the source of opposition to him, he would have been confirmed already. Bolton's problem is that he is a bull in a china shop. Condi Rice doesn't like him, and successfully prevented having him installed as her No. 2. Bolton is Cheney's man. The fight over his nomination is now a fight between moderate Republicans like Powell and the Cheney types.
eta:
I'm trying to figure out where I read the Powell thing -- it may have been
Steve Clemons' blog, which has been all over the Bolton thing for a long time.
eata:
A-ha. It was
Josh, describing articles in the NYT and WaPo.
