Should Republicans go ahead and add Supreme Court Justices to head off Democrats

"Has the place blown up since he's been here?"

New York Times:

When President Bush greeted Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday, he gestured toward John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador, and asked, "Has the place blown up since he's been here?"

The internal U.N. television sound boom that picked up the jest did not record any response from the secretary-general, who simply smiled.

But the same question, in less explosive form, has been posed repeatedly around the United Nations since the Aug. 1 arrival of Bolton, who once said that the headquarters building was filled with such sloth and incompetence that it would not matter if 10 of its 38 floors were lopped off.

Bolton's fellow ambassadors say they are impressed with his work ethic, his knowledge and his toughness as a negotiator.

In the three weeks of intensive negotiations on the document approved Friday night by the 153 world leaders at the summit conference on global poverty and U.N. reform, he was in his chair at 8 a.m. and often still there when the meetings adjourned at 1 a.m.

Much of the positive reaction to Bolton has come from him not living up to his negative reviews.

The Biden-Dodd team as well as the Democrat leadership should be ashamed for opposing this good man.