The dogs are turning on each other. From
Ollie North's April 22nd column at GOPUSA
It's easy to blame liberal Democrats for derailing judicial nominees because it's true. But the GOP locomotive doesn't seem to have anyone at the controls as it heads down the track toward a train wreck.
And who is the problem?
Some Republicans who have noticed the disarray blame Karl Rove or Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. But President Bush is supposed to be the engineer. An old axiom from his flying days is appropriate: The passengers and crew may be in the same predicament, but the pilot always arrives first at the crash site.
Well, actually someone else shares the blame.
And therein lies the problem for Mr. Bolton, and anyone else willing to accept an appointment from this administration. Vicious assaults and legislative obstruction have long been key parts of the liberal Democrat agenda. But lack of support from the Republican majority has turned the confirmation process into an ordeal by fire.
And here's a sentence to warm your hearts in what has been a very chilly year:
For all the Republican talk about a "nuclear option" to stop filibusters on stalled judicial nominees, the GOP has been firing blanks from water pistols while liberal Democrats beat White House nominees like rented mules.
Rented freaking mules!
Remember the mandate? Guess who he has to waste it on.
After he was reelected, President Bush declared, "I earned capital in the campaign, and now I intend to spend it." He needs to spend some now to get his party in line.
Something has changed.