John Bolton

**Backstop** · August 12th, 2011, 01:56

John Bolton may run.

**American Patriot** · August 12th, 2011, 02:14

Yeah, watched this the other day. Forgot about it.

**Ryan Ruck** · August 12th, 2011, 02:20

I think the group is just getting too big and that dilutes our chances of putting forth the best candidate to win. That said, if he wants to that's his choice. I'd rather see him as Secretary of State!

**Malsua** · August 12th, 2011, 02:44

Bolton is a hit man, he's not a boss.

**Ryan Ruck** · August 12th, 2011, 03:10

Bingo! That's exactly what he excels at Mal.

**Toad** · August 12th, 2011, 13:33

I'll third that Malsua.

**American Patriot** · August 12th, 2011, 13:37

I like Bolton. He's a "tell it like it is" guy.

I'm not sure about him as President though. I've not seen enough of him to see what he'd be like.

**Backstop** · August 12th, 2011, 14:36

He slammed the UN a few years back over the gun issue.

I asked then and searched - I wanted to know if he wrote that letter, if he was told what to write, etc.

Couldn't find an answer.

**American Patriot** · August 12th, 2011, 15:17

Actually, he still is slamming the UN on and off.

I see him on Fox news on occasion and he's certainly ripped the UN a new one a few times, and Obama, and Congress, and Iran, and China.....

**Ryan Ruck** · July 1st, 2013, 05:21

Bolton is again talking about throwing his hat in the ring for 2016.

Bolton Plans a Tour of Early-Primary States

June 24, 2013

Watch out, Rand Paul.

As Paul, a Kentucky senator, plans for a 2016 presidential run, he is talking up his views on foreign policy, which, broadly speaking, include less intervention in foreign conflicts and a smaller military budget.

But Paul’s positions and rapid ascent have alarmed many Republican hawks. Behind the scenes, they’re worried that he has a shot at the nomination.

Enter John Bolton. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is being encouraged by several leading conservative power brokers to consider a presidential bid.

Bolton, who briefly considered running for president in 2012, hasn’t made up his mind. But sources tell me that he is moving closer to giving the idea serious consideration — serious enough to travel to Iowa and New Hampshire.

Later this year and throughout 2014, the former Reagan and Bush official will begin an informal national tour. He’ll give speeches, huddle with GOP leaders, and push back against the party’s libertarian shift. He’ll make the case for a muscular foreign policy.

Sources say Bolton is also planning to launch a few related groups that will help elevate his argument and his national profile. Whether the efforts evolve into a presidential campaign in a couple of years is unclear, but Bolton is, without a doubt, looking to be a player.