What White House is this "senior Republican Senator" listening to? Not the one occupied by George W. Bush, methinks.
I'm sick of these whiny Republicans who can't even get their stories straight. This one has accepted the Rat spin. If they don't like what their hearing from the White House, instead of picking of their marbles and going home, why don't they get off their fatpads and start working tirelessly to ensure that, say, personal retirement accounts ARE part of social security modernization?
They want the President to carry the ball on every play, while they sit in their La-Z-Boys and yell advice.
But you know what? W is capable of carrying the ball on every play. Just watch.
their = they're - sorry