Blah3 Gives Us a Hint About the Contest Over John Bolton Today

So a citizen blogger - Stranger at Blah3 - gives us a better view of what was going on in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today than the media (all agog in their effort to "up" each other in heralding in the new Pope) managed to do.

I say this because I've seen watching the recorded events on CSPAN2 after catching Stranger's post:

From what I can gather, Dick Lugar is pushing for a vote right away. He is meeting some resistance - John Kerry is pushing for airing of more allegations of Bolton's bullying, and George Voinovich (R-OH) has already gone on the record as saying he'll vote against Bolton.

Pretty fascinating stuff. Bolton may be in more trouble than anyone has let on to this point. I don't know if the Democrats will be able to stop the nomination, but they are most definitely kicking up some dust here.