The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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br> Maybe serving as an adviser to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his flip-flopping, faulty-memory ways rubs off on you. How else to explain the odd calls that supporters of Mary Ann Glendon got announcing that the hold on her nomination for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican had been lifted and that a confirmation hearing was set for Tuesday, December 18. One problem: as of 6 p.m. on Monday night, no hearing had been scheduled. /p>

"It was weird. We got a call from a Glendon backer saying that a deal had been cut between Biden and Kennedy and that hearings were moving forward," says a Senate aide, who has been supporting Glendon. "Then nothing. It has some of us nervous that the White House is getting cold feet."