Fishing Biden Catches a Shoe

Smearing Joe Biden's fishing expedition is going bad on him. He can't catch any more damaging information on Bolton at the State Department, and is threatening to delay the vote further until he does catch something. In the meantime, here's what he did catch, (a story buried at the very bottom of the WaPo article):

Biden Hints at Delaying Bolton Vote:

"Meanwhile, Margaret Thatcher, who gained a reputation for outspokenness as Britain's prime minister, endorsed Bolton's nomination, largely for his 'capacity for straight-talking rather than peddling half-truths.'

In a letter made available Thursday by Bolton's office, Thatcher said she wrote to tell her longtime friend 'how strongly I support your nomination.'

Bolton also was endorsed by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who told a reporter, 'John Bolton is eminently qualified. He's one of the smartest guys in Washington.'

Armitage is close to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who did not sign a letter sent last month to Lugar by all other former living Republican secretaries of state backing Bolton."

Armitage was reputed to be behind many of the State Department complaints about Bolton. This should have been the lede of the story.