The first “order of business” when the Senate comes back into session on Monday evening will be debate on the judicial nomination of Janice Rogers Brown. (For a refresher, click here.) Debate should continue through Tuesday, and we’ll see if the “deal” on judges and judicial nomination filibusters holds or not.

Richard Holbrooke took 7 months. John Negroponte took 5 months. John Bolton has only been up 2 months (and has the worst compiled dossier of concerns of any nominee to this position in memory) Paula Dobriansky would take about 3 days flat.

The Toledo Blade editors suggested that Bolton step down on his own this morning: Since Mr.

I was impressed with last evening’s first TWN Open Thread. Enjoy your debates.

It was Tuesday, April 19th, when Senator George Voinovich stunned Washington and much of the nation by refusing to sign off on Bolton’s confirmation in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until more information was gathered on Bolton’s performance record and views. That was six weeks ago.

Douglas Jehl of the New York Times has done a superb job covering the hard to get at nooks and crannies of the debate over John Bolton. Demetri Sevastopulo of the Financial Times and through the first month and a half, Dafna Linzer of the Washington Post, have also worked this story hard.

A few thoughts laid out very quickly. . .as I’m chasing down a story. First, thanks to all who have helped me see that an “open thread” does produce great debate and discussion among TWN readers. We’ll keep that feature going.

This is experimental and being provided at the request of those who actively support TWN. Stay on the high road. Impress me.

President Bush knocked around Democrats today for delaying a vote on John Bolton — but in fact, it is his own team who has caused the delay.

I have stated before that Senator Hagel would be one of the few U.S. Senators whom I could support in a race for the presidency.