This "deal" in Mccain's office is a threat to Frist's leadership

[Kolesar]

Frist is short on leadership experience and has not much to his credit since taking Trent Lott's job in a WH-engineered Senatorial coup. Mccain is telegenic and not a complete moron--in contrast with Frist--and has stolen Frist's light. Frist is now under pressure to simultaneously advance a right wing agenda and not lose in the 2006 elections while saddled to the worst president in history. :popcorn:

[saltpoint]

1. I think you've got it nailed, BorealAvenger.

THE CAT BUTCHER is going to have to come up with some fancy footwork.

[Lindsay]

2. And does anybody think Frist is savvy enough

to figure out said fancy footwork?

Of course, he does have Karl to advise him....

[saltpoint]

3. Hi, Lindsay. I think you're right -- Frist doesn't seem to have that --

-- knack at all. Rove can help, but it looks this time like Rove underestimated McCain and Byrd and the others.

What a strange day yesterday was.

[PDittie]

4. Bingo. Frist's presidential aspirations just

blew up on the launch pad.

McCain's prospects got brighter (and without capitulating to the Talibaptists).

Dobson, Robertson, et al lost influence.

It was a victory -- a small one, but a victory nonetheless. The battle is far from over.

[sadiesworld]

5. Please.

He's just working on the nut vote for '08.

[reality based]

6. Dr. Frist just needs to retire on his family's abortion earnings

and never be heard from again.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Frist not "telegenic"?

All that plastic surgery $$$ for naught?

[orwell]

8. They own

the machines. Until that changes, why should '06 be any different from '00, '02 or '04...(or all the way back to '94 for that matter...).

[Kolesar]

9. filler

[ComerPerro]

10. I hope you're right