Rush has been livid about this issue today .. saying there is no discipline in the repub senate that they would allow Thune's state to be devastated by this base loss.
I am pretty disappointed in Frist, although he's been getting bashed in private for weeks now by his team members. Clearly, he doesn't know how to make something happen.
Yes, I know it's tough, but that's what he signed on to do when he became Majority Leader. He doesn't have to win them all, but he has to win on the big items.
One of the key points of Tommy D's campaign is that he would keep the base open. He said Thune wouldn't have the juice in Washington to keep it open. Unfolding events are proving Tommy D was correct.
The military is not in existance to be a state employer. It is there for the defense of the country. If the base is not needed, who cares what state or what senate seats are there.
Military bases should not be used as political weapons. Unneeded bases should be closed no matter what. Money for the military needs to be spent to support the countries defense not a senators.
So was Rush defending Thune position on threatening not to vote for Bolton or was he saying that the Republican Senate has no discipline to control its members?