UPDATE: It is now official, President Bush has nominated National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State.
The confirmation process should be easy, but it is likely that Dr. Rice will riffle the feathers pf career diplomats at Foggy Bottom.
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Some in the liberal media are suggesting that changes in the Bush Cabinet point to problems in the Administration. Nothing could be farther from the reality of any Administration. While there are many resignations coming at one time, turnover at the Cabinet level is normal and can provide some new direction for agencies.
There are reports that Condi Rice, the current National Security Advisor, will be nominated to replace Colin Powell. I will wait for official confirmation. If nominated and confirmed, Rice will shake up Foggy Bottom with her management style. Career diplomats at State do not care for Rice or her style.
Here are some interesting items.
+There is going to be a recount in Ohio. Green Party candidate David Cobb has raised the $113,000 filing fee necessary to force the recount. Cobb was only able to mount a write-in candidacy in Ohio. The Libertarian candidate for President is also raising funds for the recount effort.
Ohio Secretary of State,Janes Blackwell, has yet to certify the vote and count and under Ohio law has until December 3 to do so. After the vote is certified, recount filings can begin.
Green Party Claims Ohio Ballot Recount a 'Certainty' -- 11/16/2004
+Cultural conservatives are still fighting to derail the appointment of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) as the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Several groups plan to picket outside the Senate Office Building and the Office of Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist (R-TN).
The groups hope to convince Frist and other Republican Senators not to appoint Specter because of his stance on abortion and his support of pro-choice judicial appointments.
Specter has said that he will support any judicial appointment made by President Bush and has supported Pro-Life nominees in the past.
Due to term limits in the Senate, Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT) cannot be re-appointed to the chair of the powerful committee. Of the remaining Republicans on the committee, Specter has the most seniority and, frankly, would probably be the best choice.
Specter would likely champion the elevation of either Clarence Thomas or, my choice, Antonin Scalia to Chief Justice in the event of a vacancy in that position.
Conservatives v. Specter - Frist Mulls Choice -- 11/16/2004
More later.
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