"I have a feeling that Frist and Reid will strike a compromise. "
Yeah, maybe Frist wants to complete political suicide after coming all this way. Even now, he's starting to hear the cheers from our side as he shows that he's not going to back down. If he pushes this through, he IMMEDIATELY becomes the prohibitive front runner for the 2008 GOP nomination for president, with the strong support of the religious conservative base. If he backs off, he is out of politics once his term ends, but the NY Times and MSM will hail him as "courageous". Which way do you think he wants to go?
As to Frist's future presidential ambitions, with or without this issue, I don't care for him, I support George Allen. As to the judges issue, I think he's going to try to leak a possible "win-win" deal with the dems to the press, and then try to gauge what the response is from the voters. I support the "Constitutional response," and I hope it's not necessary, but if the dems refuse to act in good faith, then so be it.