[neverdem]

With this MEATHEAD EDITORIAL, I think the good doctor found a good remedy.

[denydenydeny]

Somehow I don't recall the Times praising Zell Miller's "independence" and "dissent."

[InABunkerUnderSF]

So... Does this mean that we all send Senator Frist the biggest screwdrivers we can find for Christmas?

[goldstategop]

Its funny hearing the New York Times lecture Republicans on the need to allow differing views to be heard in their party. Just when Pinch Sulzberger shoved Bill Safire out of the door. The paper is top-heavy with liberals but that's not considered a threat to free expression. A party that wants to give conservatives their due, that's called "tighten[ing] the screws." Liberals are such big advocates of tolerance. As long as every one agrees with them.

[nothernlights]

NYT does not approve,RINOS are miffed...sounds good to me!

[SuziQ]

Flexing their new muscles, Congressional Republicans seem intent on reigning as a dissent-smothering monolith.

Those Dems can dish it out, but they sure can't take it! Go Sen. Frist!!

[Southack]

You know that we are are on target with our knives when the NY Times squeals thusly.

[Soul Seeker]

Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, chronic Republican maverick, got to the heart of the matter in skewering her leader's accomplishment: "There is only one reason for that change, and it is to punish people."

Snowe & the NYT's are unhappy? WooHoo!! Well done Mr. Frist!

Good news from Congress and the House tonight.

[BobS]

Slowly, but surely, those guys are growing nuts. I really do wonder about the patience of the women those guys hang around with. They are just too slow making a decision. A few less dinner parties would do well.

[Moorings]

(Senator Arlen Specter's flirtation with independence already seems shaken by anti-abortion zealots.)

Is that what they call his warning to the president, on the president's election victory. Also, I have never heard the term "pro-abortion zealots".

[MediaMole]

Frist must have burglarized Hillary's office and stolen a set.

[FairOpinion]

I hope Frist starts to act like the leader of a Majority Party -- learn from Hastert.

Hastert Launches A Partisan Policy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1289172/posts

[Prime Choice]

Congressional Republicans seem intent on reigning as a dissent-smothering monolith.

And heaven knows that Democrats never did this sort of thing when they had the majority! ROTFLOL!

The NY Slimes doesn't even bother with even the pretense of impartiality. They're all pink...right down to their underwear.

[LasVegasMac]

Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, chronic Republican maverick,

...was appointed the coveted position of Head Senate Librarian.

LVM

[oldbrowser]

Democrats vow to never forget Dr. Frist's foray into South Dakota to help unhorse his counterpart, Tom Daschle, the minority leader

Just like Repubs will not soon forget the blatantly political obstruction that Daschle engineered for the last four years.

[sayfer bullets]

This hobbles seniority, which has been the traditional path to power.

This is why liberals run-and-get elected as republicans in liberal states...and continue to get elected as republicans in those liberal states. seniority should not be the primary criteria... ever.

[Mister Baredog]

Democrats vow to never forget Dr. Frist's foray into South Dakota to help unhorse his counterpart, Tom Daschle, the minority leader, whose farewell speech was boycotted by a victorious, decidedly unsentimental majority.

That's good I'm rather sure the Republicans don't want the DUmmies to forget it either.

At least they got one thing right, it's Dr. Frist, who has done more for the good of mankind than the New York Times could ever dream of doing. He travels to Africa regularly and performs free heart transplants, I supose the Slimes thinks he's Dr. Mengela practicing on natives or something.

[little jeremiah]

MEATHEAD? SHIITE HEAD is more like it.

[Lancey Howard]

What the Republicans have discovered (finally) is that old media dinosaurs like the New York Times and broadcast news organizations (CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.) no longer control the agenda by controlling the selection, dissemination, and meaning of the "news". One cannot underestimate the value of this realization by many (and perhaps most) Republicans.

It's a new world order out there in Media Land.

[Servant of the 9]

If all leadership positions were filled by seniority, Robert 'Sheets' Byrd and Teddy the Swimmer would be leading the Democratic Minority.

The Times should be thankful.

So9

[byteback]

I do miss the days when there were conservative Dems. We still have liberal Repubs so I wish them well but want to see the conservative Dems again. Aligning the Senate on liberal vs conservative will only help our side so there's not anything to lose here. We have Republicans trying to figure how to be a majority and Dems trying to figure how to be opposition and not continue to lose seats. Right now I see Frist as moving to advance the majority agenda. Hopefully we won't need this strong of a whip as we progress.