John Bolton

A nomination vote was blocked again today by failing to reach the 60 votes needed to force cloture.

I'm on record as not caring about the Bolton nomination to be UN ambassador, but I think the issue holding up the vote does have merit. Senators Biden and Dodd are being denied access to certain documents they'd like to see before a final vote.

No Democrat has said that they wish to filibuster this vote indefinitely. However, the White House and many Republican Senators are accusing the Dems of simply stalling because they don't want to vote.

It's always dangerous to ascribe motives to others that are contrary to what they may state, so I think this issue comes down to the simple issue of "Do Senators Biden and Dodd have a legitimate right to these documents?". The answer by every account is yes.