Recess appointments have to be reconfirmed.

Read a New York Times board editorial on Bush's recess appontments, talking about how odd it is that Bush has to use this process to get nominees by a Senate controlled by his own party. (bad selections, inexperienced and incompetent according to this editorial.)

Reading this, it suddenly hit me that all those recess appointments will have to go through Senate confirmations after the next congressional election. Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that the dems win the Senate somehow, what do you think the Bolton hearings would look like? Or maybe the hearings on the completely unqualified Julie Miers, or maybe Hans von Spakovsky, nominated to the FEC, who was significantly responsible for the purge of the Florida voter rolls in 2000.

I think the Republicans really thought they would rule forever, and that all their little political fudges would never be brought to light because nobody would have the capacity to challenge them.

Speaking of which, aren't we still waiting for a status report from Sen. Roberts on the Phase II portion of the WMD investigation? Didn't Harry Reid shut down the senate to force an agreement that it would be done? Anybody heard anything? Anybody?