And rising, since he became majority leader, its risen to 89, it'll be in the 90's in a year or so.
Won't go much higher, since he's leaving the senate in 2006.
He's got what I consider to the greatest credential a senator can have -- he doesn't aspire to stay there and make a career of that slickie-boy debating club.
Frist wants to get things done. That's why I think "nuclear" is a real option with him.
It's either the presidency or no more politics.