[Truth29]

You're right. The WH and the party leadership needs to enforce party discipline RIGOROUSLY, but Bush has never been any good at taking retribution against those who stab him and the conservative agenda in the back IMHO.

[SoVaDPJ]

This would be my beloved President who let Teddy write his own education plan after the fat bastard spat all over him? And who now has embraced Wet Willie?

President Bush, and I say beloved without a shred of sarcasm, just doesn't punish anyone apparently, no matter what kind of slimeball they are. I expect the RINOs will continue on their merry way, until their prospective voters end their careers.

Hope you're listening, Senator Warner.

[You Dirty Rats]

The WH and the party leadership needs to enforce party discipline RIGOROUSLY

How? If you count up the Democrats and the wobbly Republicans, they are close to or at a majority. Add them up: McCain, Voinovich, Snowe and Collins, Chafee, Hagel -- that group makes Specter look like Reagan. We have maybe one Democrat -- Nelson of Nebraska. It only took ONE Benedict Arnold on the committee today to block the vote. We just don't have enough Senators that we can count on. Blaming Voinovich et al on Bush or Frist is just misguided.

[truthkeeper]

Bush has never been any good at taking retribution against those who stab him and the conservative agenda in the back IMHO.

Agree totally. That damn "new tone" business.