She argues that would rebut Democrat worries about Bolton. Their main complaint is he is simply not diplomatic enough.

She cites as the kind of ammunition the White House could use, a letter from the the Anti-Defamation League, which praised Bolton when he accomplished what was deemed to be impossible in 1991.

Wrote ADL chief Abe Foxman in a letter backing his stalled nomination as U.N.:

"We will long remember him as a man of principle and integrity who, as assistant secretary of state for international organizations, played a leading role in the successful U.S. effort to repeal the infamous 'Zionism is racism' resolution."

Yet the White House has hardly exploited this huge Bolton victory during their so-far unsuccessful battle to stop the Democrat filibuster blocking a vote on his nomination - a vote which if it occurred, all agree, will surely result in Bolton's confirmation.

Orin attributes the White House's obvious reluctance to exploit what could be a decisive ace in the hole to their fear it might make Bolton appear to be too pro-Israel in a body noted for its anti-Israel sentiments. Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol calls it incompetence and an inability to play hardball.

"They've let the Democrats demonize (Bolton) and done nothing about it," he told Orin. "He has a record at the U.N. and it's a very good record, but no one knows it. They've let the Democrats block him without paying a price." Kristol says.

Kristol wonders why the GOP hasn't run ads in Florida demanding to know why Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, up for re-election in 2006, is opposing a U.N. nominee who wants to get tough on Fidel Castro, and who reversed the U.N.'s appalling "Zionism is racism," policy. That, he says, would be bound to get Nelson's attention, given the clout of Cuban-American and Jewish voters in the state.

So too would ads in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metropolitan area grab the attention of such vocal Bolton opponents as Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Joe Lieberman.

Orin suggests that if the President gives Bolton a recess appointment, which would keep him at the U.N. until January, 2007, his being sent directly to the U.N. by the President himself would give him more clout in the upcoming fight to reform the scandal-plagued international body.

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