Roughing Up Rice: GOP Senators Play The Personal And Political
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The GOP's roughing up of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, thought to be President Obama's top pick for his second-term secretary of state, brings to mind the last time the Senate rejected a commander in chief's choice for that most crucial position. It was some six decades ago, and after bitter and tumultuous hearings — think allegations of communism and homosexuality, as well as a high-profile suicide — that senators dumped the president's nominee by a vote of 74-24. One historical note: that didn't actually occur under the Capitol Dome. It was a 1959 work of Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction by Allen Drury. "I can only recall that happening in Advise and Consent," Drury's novel, says Ira Shapiro, a former longtime Senate staffer and author of The Last Great Senate.
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| -0.20039 | "The Republicans are still struggling to find a foothold after the elections," says Draper, ... |
| 0.232232 | "Sen. Graham is well aware that he's going to face a primary in 2014 when he runs again," Draper says. ... |
| 0.0957007 | "Sen. Graham is always adroit at positioning himself when he needs to," Draper says. ... |
| 0.0358027 | "Sen. Graham is always adroit at positioning himself when he needs to," Draper says. "He's playing this for all its worth to the right, even though his colleagues may have no appetite for this fight." |
| 0 | Draper argues that McCain, 76, whose fifth Senate term runs through 2016 is not "ginning this up for political sake — he'll never run again." |
| -0.373251 | "And I don't think that it's out of pure contempt for Barack Obama," Draper says, ... |
| -0.152614 | "And I don't think that it's out of pure contempt for Barack Obama," Draper says, "except for his real feeling that Obama has insufficient gravitas and a lack of good judgment and experience in foreign policy." |
| -0.021563 | "I think most people can agree that there were real complications or mistakes made that led to the Benghazi tragedy," he said, ... |
| -0.127644 | "Libya is an ungoverned and porous place," says Draper, ... |
| -0.0566833 | "Libya is an ungoverned and porous place," says Draper, a contract writer for National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine. "If you want to cause trouble in the Arab world, Libya is a good place." |
| 0.274984 | "I just don't think that Republicans have sufficient appetite to throw everything on the table for that," Draper says. ... |
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Sen. John McCain
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte
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Ira Shapiro
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| 0.0535711 | "I can only recall that happening in Advise and Consent," Drury's novel, says Ira Shapiro, ... |
| 0.130332 | "[The Republican senators] have a legitimate interest in ascertaining the full Benghazi story, if they don't already have it," Shapiro says, ... |
| 0.301247 | "[The Republican senators] have a legitimate interest in ascertaining the full Benghazi story, if they don't already have it," Shapiro says, "This issue, as well as all the larger foreign policy issues, will undoubtedly be the subject of intense questioning in confirmation hearings after the president chooses his nominee." |
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Sen. Susan Collins
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| -0.389679 | "I continue to be troubled by the fact that the U.N. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of the contentious presidential election campaign," Collins told ... |
| -0.2598 | "I continue to be troubled by the fact that the U.N. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of the contentious presidential election campaign," Collins told reporters, "by agreeing to go on the Sunday shows to present the administration's position." |
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History suggests that Susan Rice will be confirmed, if nominated for secretary of state. But some Republicans may be focusing on her statements about Benghazi to discredit the Obama administration. Here's a look at that possibility, and what else might be part of the Capitol Hill wrangling.
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Roughing Up Rice: GOP Senators Play The Personal And Political
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