The mustache calls it quits

John Bolton resigned, rendering moot the (horribly boring) argument over his nomination. I really didn’t care about the confirmation brouhaha over John Bolton’s appointment to be Ambassador to the UN. I still don’t. But, it is a pretty telling sign of how weak Bush has become as both a President and as leader of his own party. The Administration can blame the Democrats for stopping Bolton’s confirmation all they want but the Republicans in Congress had no stomach for taking up another bruising fight on behalf of the President.