I think the Specter's and Chaffee's of the Senate are the most worried over this. Lott is their champion compromiser, and under Nickles or Frist, they are going to be ignored. I don't think they will leave the party, but they are going to lose a great deal of influence.
Chaffee has come out in support of Lott...
I think the Specter's and Chaffee's of the Senate are the most worried over this. Lott is their champion compromiser, and under Nickles or Frist, they are going to be ignored. I don't think they will leave the party, but they are going to lose a great deal of influence. Not in a 50-49-1 Senate, or even the Senate as it's constituted today.
Moderate Republicans vote with Democrats ALL THE TIME.
Nickles won't compromise with them, you're right, which is why he will never be elected Majority Leader.
Frist will have to be more moderate than you think.
The idea that a Republican-controlled Senate is going to operate like a Republican-controlled House is a fairy tale. It never has, and it never will, no matter who the Leader is.