Sometime in the next two-three weeks Frist needs a big win or he's history. By big win I mean he needs to kick dingy harry's ass.
What's really called for is party discipline.
Yep. It is not like Frist was kept in the dark was it or if he was that is even sadder.
I personally don't dislike the deal IF as Graham has promised:
1. All of the Bush nominees go through the usual prior to 2001 confirmation process. If the Dims can either block in committee or find 50 votes against confirming Meyer and Saad, so be it. But NO FILIBUSTER and that is what Graham has now promised.
2. There is no filibuster of Bush Supreme Court nominees.
3. Bolton is confirmed in the new spirit of cooperation.
But add this article, if true, to Thursday' session of the Senate and we know:
A. Some members of Dims agree to break the agreement within MINUTES of reaching it. [Typical wishy washy moderate telling Graham what he wanted to hear and immediately Reid what he wanted to hear even though they were contradictory.]
B. The deal was publically broken on Thursday when Bolton was filibustered despite Dim promises. It was specifically broken by Lieberman, Bryd and Salazar when they voted no on cloture. Some would say that Inouye also broke it by not voting, but maybe he really was not there.
So the deal is broken. I agree Frist needs a big win. Also Dewine facing reelection needs a huge win. That big win could be either all the nominees get up or down votes and all Bush Supreme Court nominees do too with out changing the rules or Dewine needs a chance to vote to change the rules. The same is true for Graham. But Dewine is up in 2006 and he will have really hurt his chances unless one of the two things mentioned above happens.