Novak explains this bound-to-be-recurring tactic for Senate Democrats in the case of Bolton:

This baffling process becomes intelligible only in terms that Dodd and Biden want to hold together the Democrats on grounds of senatorial prerogative in demanding information. Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat who often removes the veils from his party’s strategy, conceded that this trumped up issue unified the caucus as it had in opposing Miguel Estrada’s failed judicial nomination. Sen. Mark Pryor, a freshman from Arkansas who cannot decide whether he wants to be an independent moderate or a party stalwart, last week used the claimed denial of documents to justify withdrawing his previous support for cloture.

It’s a nice tactic in that it appears to be completely seperate from the nominee. We’ll see how long it works.

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