Posted on 05/19/2005 10:29:56 AM PDT by SmithL
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee has dug in his heels on winning confirmation of President Bush's most controversial judicial nominees.
But beyond his grasp, a group of Democrats and Republicans has been working on a compromise that would allow votes on some nominees and avert a debilitating confrontation.
Such a bipartisan deal could undercut Frist's political standing in his remaining months as Senate leader. He's indicated he won't seek another term next year.
Vanderbilt University professor Bruce Oppenheimer sees Frist's stance as unusual.
Oppenheimer says majority leaders tend to leave themselves room to maneuver, but says Frist has "put his feet in cement."
Government professor John Pitney Junior at Claremont McKenna College in California says if Frist gets rolled on this issue, he's going to look "a lot less like a gladiator and more like Barney Fife."
Despite the forces aligned against him, Frist has emerged a survivor before.
Tennessee Republican fundraiser Ted Welch of Nashville says Frist is used to doing the impossible.
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What this country needs is a Robin Hood, stealing from the government and giving back to tax payer.
E-mail that list to your editor of your local paper and ask them to write an article about it.
And write a letter to the editor using them.
I hope there is no compromise. A compromise with the Democrats is a loss for Rebublicans.
If they compromise, I will never vote Rebublican again. What the hell happens to these senators testicles when they go to Washington? Do they have to check them at the Senate cloakroom?
The GOP needs to take all those quotes and take out a full page adds in news papers. They should also take out some tv adds and scroll the quotes with someone talking about the democrats double talk. Adds are the only thing that will work since the american public is asleep and the mainstream press won't report the truth.
You're right; that's exactly what the RNC should do.
I think they need to hire a few freepers to run their PR office. LOL
DDDDDoooooh!!!
The Washington Times would probably carry it as a paid advertisement, absent that, maybe a few others.
Or hire a few people to lurk here.;)
Ridiculous.
If a deal is worked out, then it is worked out BECAUSE Frist went forward.
Isn't that obvious?
All carrot and no stick, does not get the mule to move.
I didn't see McCain in the picture. Was he hiding in the back or holed up in a dark Senate office trying to make a deal and being out smarted by some dumb liberals?
Ha! I'll tell you who will lose, RINO's that sabotage this will lose. Nice try of the MSM to cover for the cowards but I warn them it will not be FRIST I set my eye on. These cowards masquerading as Republicans WILL PAY if they betray us.
Awesome research!
Thank you for the quotes, and for giving credit where it was due!!
I never thought Frist would go through with taking such a stand, and now that he's done so, it's pathetic how his party is not standing in solidarity with him.
Now I know why FReepers are so adamant about calling many "Republicans" RINOs. They seem to fold like a cheap camera (an expression from Curtis Sliwa).
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