Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Frist flops with Right in NH
From the Manchester Union-Leader editorial page
Because the deal lets Democrats kill seven of Bush's nominees and filibuster any future nominee, it is hard to see what Republicans gained. The GOP would have come away with more had Frist forced the Democrats to actually shut down the Senate over the nominees. Instead, Frist wrung his hands for months, giving the Democrats more power with each passing day and providing McCain with an opportunity to fill the void left by this inactivity.I, for one, never figured Billy the Cat Killer was any kind of a leader. It's hard to get respect when you are always following the real B.S.D's.
Democrats get what they really wanted all along — enough political clout to make President Bush think twice about nominating a conservative for the Supreme Court — and can perpetuate the fiction that the impasse over judges was a bipartisan creation, when it really was a show of extraordinary partisanship on the part of Democrats.
Frist has again showed that he is no match for Senate Democrats. If he cannot effectively lead 55 Republican senators, how can he be trusted to lead the party and the country three years from now?
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