| Since Sen. Voinovich made his public conversion last week, you knew the NYT had to be working on a Bolton hit piece. Sure enough, it's here in the Sunday edition. |
His performance won over at least one crucial critic, Senator George V. Voinovich, Republican of Ohio. Mr. VoinovichÂ’s opposition a year ago forced Mr. Bolton to take the job as a presidential recess appointment, an arrangement that expires at the end of this Congress in January.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a hearing this Thursday on Mr. Bolton’s renomination, and a floor vote could come in September. “My observations are that while Bolton is not perfect, he has demonstrated his ability, especially in recent months, to work with others and follow the president’s lead by working multilaterally,” Mr. Voinovich said in a Washington Post opinion article on Thursday in which he confirmed that he would vote for Mr. Bolton.