Last night, President Bush named Susan Dudley a senior advisor in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), according the Wall Street Journal. This decision comes one day after the president renominated the anti-regulatory Dudley to be OIRA administrator. The process of installing a nominee as a senior advisor is not an uncommon administrative tactic; it allows the nominee to immediately begin working in a capacity similar to the post to which the person is nominated. However, considering Dudley was too extreme for the Republican-controlled 109th Congress — and that she will likely draw even more contention from the 110th — this decision to bypass Senatorial approval is a slap in the face to bipartisanship and the new Democratic majority. Furthermore, it allows President Bush to get his way regardless of the Senate’s decision. Yet another example of the Bush administration showing its lack of regard for processes outlined in our Constitution.