Today's moment of CNN Zen: "This is probably not what President Bush had in mind"

[Human Torch]

http://www.cnn.com/

Key Republican joins Dems in opposing Bolton

This is probably not what President Bush had in mind when he stressed bipartisanship after the Democratic Party's midterm elections sweep. A key Senate Republican has joined Democrats in opposing one of Bush's initiatives for the lame-duck Congress: John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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[Ian David]

1. Watch the Repukes throw Chafee under the bus...

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"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy," the Rhode Island moderate told The Associated Press.

"And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoke out against."

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To which the Republickers will reply, "The American people have spoken out against Lincoln Chafee, too."

[Demit]

2. So nice to see a piece end with a (very shrewdly worded) quote from a Dem—

At a news conference celebrating his party's return to control in the Senate, Durbin on Thursday vowed: "We can come together on a bipartisan basis to solve the real problems facing our country." But he also dismissed the president's plans for the lame-duck Congress, the AP reported.

"For a Republican Congress to have gone forward for two years and produced so little, and then for the president to come up with a huge agenda for the next two weeks, you have to ask him, 'Why didn't you use some of the time you spent arguing on some less important issues before?'" Durbin said.

[lyonn]

3. Read somewhere last evening that Chaffee is considering

changing parties. That's what you do when you don't agree with most of your party's agendas. He has always seemed a thoughtful fellow.

[candice]

4. And the lone Repug who voted against war profiteering

(sometimes). See the Special Features section on the "Iraq for Sale" video. There used to be decent Yankee values that the former Republican Party espoused, before it was taken over by money grubbing slime.