Why do Dems do so much flip-flopping? Maybe because they do it so well.
That was then--
Democrats threaten a filibuster on Bolton
By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 26, 2005
Democrats said they will try to filibuster John R. Bolton, the president's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, if the Bush administration does not turn over two final sets of documents.
This is now--
Democrats Extend Debate On Bolton
By Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 27, 2005; Page A01
"We are not here to filibuster Bolton -- we are here to get information," Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said on the floor shortly after the vote was taken. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), who led the opposition to Bolton, said: "I have absolutely no intention of preventing an up-or-down vote on Mr. Bolton." He later said he did not know whether full disclosure of the information he is seeking would sink the nomination.
As Bill Frist said, "It quacks like a filibuster."
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