Bolton to Resign

best UN ambassador in recent memory for the US has been forced to resign due to partisan politics:

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’s Foreign Relation’s Committee or more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee 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.

Bolton has been critical in getting North Korea related resolutions passed through the United Nations. Kim Jong-il can now sleep a little bit better at night because the walrus is gone simply because of partisan politics in the US. Bolton’s political critics won’t give him an up or down vote in the Senate simply because he would probably win the vote, so they have buried him in the committee.

OFK has more and I like his idea on who the next nominee for UN ambassador should be.