Expected, but simply a foretaste of what danger the Democratic Party will be putting the country in in the next two years.

“Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday.

Bolton’s nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (news, bio, voting record), a moderate Republican who lost in the midterm elections Nov. 7 that swept Democrats to power in both houses of Congress, was adamantly opposed to Bolton.

Critics have questioned Bolton’s brusque style and whether he could be an effective public servant who could help bring reform to the U.N.

President Bush, in a statement, said he was “deeply disappointed that a handful of United States senators prevented Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down vote he deserved in the Senate.”

“They chose to obstruct his confirmation, even though he enjoys majority support in the Senate, and even though their tactics will disrupt our diplomatic work at a sensitive and important time,” Bush said. “This stubborn obstructionism ill serves our country, and discourages men and women of talent from serving their nation.”

Lawhawk puts it well, “That’s a big loss since Bolton has done more to advance the US interests in the UN than recent US ambassadors to the UN.”

The fact is that Bolton has been doing a masterful job as UN Ambassador, but you know Democrats, “Don’t confuse us with facts, our minds are made up”.

Whatever happens on the national security forefront from now on we will hold Democrats both morally and personally responsible for whatever perils happen to America.

As for that ass-clown Rino Lincoln Chafee, if there were a death penalty for being a moral coward I would happily throw the switch.