French Press Against Bolton

It appears the Agence France Presse, like US liberal mainstream media, is not in John Bolton's corner. (Why am I not surprised?)
Yahoo News picked up on this story from the AFP:
Senate Democrats move to block Bolton UN nomination

Democrats in the US Senate have made a fresh bid to derail the appointment of John Bolton, the embattled White House pick for UN ambassador, after a Senate panel declined to back him ahead of a floor vote.

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer "put a hold on the nomination" of Bolton as US ambassador to the United Nations, her spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz said without indicating how the process could be delayed.

The move is intended to either force further negotiations or ultimately to prevent his nomination from reaching the Senate floor.

...A date has not been set for the vote in the Senate where Republicans hold a 55 to 45 majority. But Democrats promised they would continue to fight tooth and nail against the nomination as it moves to the chamber.

"If this comes to the floor, we're going to have a fight," Senator Barbara Boxer said during the committee meeting.

Democrats have been united in opposition to Bolton, while four of the committee's 10 Republicans expressed serious reservations.

Chief among Bolton's Republican critics was Senator George Voinovich, who expressed grave reservations about allegations Bolton mistreated staff during his long Washington carreer and shaped intelligence to fit his views.

He also issued a scathing denunciation of the nominee, saying the president could have chosen any one of a number of equally qualified, less controversial, candidates.

...The panel has spent weeks examining allegations that Bolton misused or hyped flawed intelligence on issues including China, Iran, North Korea and Syria.

Even his ex-boss, former secretary of state Colin Powell, reportedly told lawmakers that Bolton had been a problematic official. Powell's former chief of staff was quoted by the US press as saying that Bolton would make an "abysmal ambassador."

If confirmed by the Senate, Bolton would have to fight the US case on vital foreign policy issues, ranging from nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea to the future of the world body itself.
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The spin AFP puts on this would make Dr. Dean and CBS proud, focusing on Voinovich, Powell, and the failure of the committee to recommend Bolton's nomination.

AFP excitedly reports that Boxer will "put a hold on the nomination" and reiterates her prediction that, "If this comes to the floor, we're going to have a fight."

How is this news?

Boxer's spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz says Democrats are moving to block the nomination of Bolton as US ambassador to the UN. BUT--she did not indicate how the process could be delayed.

These are empty words that the AFP seizes on as "news".
It's not "news" to report that the Democrats are obstructionists.