The GOP lost one of the good ones

Outgoing Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee said Thursday that he would not vote to move John Bolton's nomination to the U.N. out of the Foreign Relations Committee and to the Senate floor during the "lame duck" session of congress.

This is the time they Congress is in session between election day and inauguration in January.

His decision not to vote makes it a 9-9 tie on a committee with 10 Republicans and 8 Democrats.

Chafee was quoted as saying:

"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy,"

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"And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoke out against."

Its a shame that it was the moderate Republicans that were defeated. While it presents the Democrats with a unique opportunity to create a middle ground that all Americans can identify with, it will continue to push the Republican party more towards the right, and the religious right at that.

Anyways, my point is, Chafee has it right. The fact that Bush tried to squeeze this through before the new Congress could be sworn in just shows you how much regard the Administration has for the will of its people.

Its disappointing.

But at least Lincoln has it right.

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