I suspect this means Frist didn't have the votes - which means he lost 5+ votes from Republicans.
*Sigh* Okay, folks, all together now:
CHAFEE, SNOWE, COLLINS, McCAIN, SPECTER.
-Dan
I suspect this means Frist didn't have the votes - which means he lost 5+ votes from Republicans.
*Sigh* Okay, folks, all together now:
-Dan
***I suspect this means Frist didn't have the votes - which means he lost 5+ votes from Republicans.***
I suspect you may be correct. However, IMO he should have made the attempt so that we may know just where the individual Republicans stand.
Which means he should have made the RINO's go on the record for it and take their chances at re-election time.
I have to say, Hatch delivered and Frist fumbled. If he was thinking about an 08 run for President, that's out.
In my opinion, Senators shouldn't even try running for President anyway. They cheat to win (Kennedy) and carry with them poor work habits from the days they spent laying about in relative anonymity.
He may not have the votes, but they still should be compelled to go on record.
It looks like business as usual in the new majority Senate.
What a disgrace!
Or, hopefully, it is part of the Pub strategery to wait until the Rats try it again, then change the rules in response.
Unfortunately, this is no surprise. I figured he would threaten the Dems hoping to fake them into thinking he has 51 votes. The Dems don't fake easily, but the Republicans have not figured that out YET. He may have Specter's vote if a trade was made for Specter's chairmanship, but then again, Specter may have faked him out and gotten the chairmanship by promising to behave (uh-huh.) Something tells me any or all of these suspects would vote with the Democrats leaving him shy of what he needs to stop the Dems: Chafee, Snowe, Collins, McCain, Hagel, Voynovitch, the other one from Ohio, Smith, and there may be more. 55-8 or 9 even if all the new ones are on board. Pathetic!