60 current and former diplomats signed a letter opposing the Bolton nomination. That made sense, what with diplomats weighing in on the appointment of a top diplomat -- their occupational experience gives them a unique perspective on the position. In response, Frank Gaffney got 65 -- count 'em, five more! -- non-diplomats to sign a counter-letter supporting the nomination. The signatories include such foreign policy heavyweights as Alan Keyes, Bill Bennett, Bush speechwriter Clark Judge and even former congresscritter James Longley, who likes Bolton so much he signed the letter twice.

About an hour ago, Sen. John Cornyn gave a speech that said:

"I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. Certainly nothing new, but we seem to have run through a spate of courthouse violence recently that's been on the news and I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in - engage in violence." [Senate Floor, 4/4/05]

Duncan's got a plan:

If I were running CNN, once I fired most of the people that worked there and replaced them with decent TV journalists, I'd get rid of their little daily blog show and replace it with the "Fox News Fuckup of the day." They could just steal it from Media Matters. Then I'd add a "crazy shit people are hearing on talk radio which aren't true" segment.