Ball of Confusion

When, oh when will the Dems finally get their shit together? You have Durbin on the one hand talking up a filibuster, then Schumer on the other calling such a move "unlikely." Don't these guys talk to each other?

The Raw Story | Senator Schumer: Bolton won't face filibuster

A leading Democrat senator said that a filibuster of President Bush's controversial UN Ambassador John Bolton "is unlikely," RAW STORY has learned.

Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Senator, appeared last night on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. During the course of the interview, Schumer explained "I think that if you count the votes, a filibuster is unlikely, but a lot of Democrats are deciding, weighing the positive of Bolton that he's been for Israel and negative that he has almost an antagonistic, "go at it alone" attitude to the nations of the world, which we need with us to fight a war on terror."

Schumer confirmed that he himself was "open-minded" and has yet to make a final decision on the vote.

The New York Senator's remarks stood in contrast to those of Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic Whip, who told an internet radio show last week that the Democrats needed only one more vote to sustain a filibuster against Bolton, according to Steve Clemons at The Washington Note.

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