Wednesday, April 20, 2005  Talking about the Times' Pope-arama
On the front page of this morning's New York Times, you can find
Douglas Jehl's "Senate Panel Postpones Vote on U.N. Nominee:"  A
surprise last-minute defection by an Ohio Republican forced the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee to postpone a vote that had
been scheduled for Tuesday on the nomination of John R. Bolton
as ambassador to the United Nations. The chairman of the panel,
Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana, reluctantly agreed to
put off any vote until next month to allow a review of what
Democrats portrayed as troubling new accusations that cast doubt
on Mr. Bolton's temperament and credibility. Until the
defection, by Senator George V. Voinovich of Ohio, the panel had
appeared prepared to send the nomination to the Senate floor on
a strict party-line vote. But Mr. Voinovich stunned other
senators by announcing that more time was needed to explore
accusations against Mr. Bolton.  Folding Star wrote about this
at A Winding Road:  Lug