via Josh Marshall

Articles in Friday's NYTimes and Post

describe how the former Secretary of State (and Bolton's boss in the first administration) has been doing what amounts to behind-the-scenes lobbying against Bolton's nomination.

The truth is that Powell is very much not the only Republican foreign policy heavyweight working in private to scuttle Bolton's nomination...read on

World O' Crap has a funny Law & Order script starring Jack McCoy, Scott McClelland, and Condi Rice.