(From the diaries -- Plutonium Page. Right on, Harry Reid!)
CNN is reporting that Minority Senate Leader Harry Reid has issued an ultimatum to President Bush: Produce the documents we requested, or no Bolton. Period.
"You can't ignore the Senate. We've told them what we've wanted. The ball is in his court," Reid, D-Nevada, told CNN. "If they want John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, give us this information. If they don't, there will be no Bolton."
Damn, he's good. Harry Reid knows when to call your bluff, and boy, you better be holding the political cards or you're going to pay. The Dems can position themselves as guardians of democracy by filibustering someone who people KNOW shouldn't be there. That's the difference between this showdown and the one with judicial nominees.
Give em hell, Harry!
[Update]: Our political soldiers need to hear our support as well as our criticisms. If you like what Reid has done, send him a note as well as to your Senator telling them that this is more of what we like to see.