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No, no. You're misunderstanding me. Bill Frist was my Senator, and aside from a couple of times, he generally voted the right way. But what I'm talking about is leadership. You can have an excellent voting record and be a terrible leader. Frist was an excellent backbencher. As long as he was just called upon to vote, he did fine. He was one of the worst Senate leaders of either party in the history of the body. He was not up to the task, he didn't have the experience as a political activist (organizer, if you will) or the accomplishments in getting others elected. Fred Thompson conversely, WAS the one who did have some of those qualities Frist decidedly lacked, but he was already out of the Senate by then.

The problem with Boehner is that he was axed as House Republican Conference Chairman after a subpar performance. When he was elevated back to leadership 6 years later, I winced, because I knew he was NOT a good choice to become Majority Leader. Indeed, he's been a complete disaster. Since he took that job, the GOP has lost 54 seats. He should've been summarily fired at the start of the '07-'09 Congress, and it was absolutely inexcusable he was retained after we suffered even MORE losses for '09-'11. Under his leadership in the House, we've not gained a single seat during Zero's Presidency in a special election. Technically the one in NY, even with Hoffman's election would count as a LOSS, because Hoffman will not have been formally elected as a Republican (although he will caucus with us, which will still leave the gain at zero). Again, remember, this isn't about the voting record, this is about presenting an aggressive and unapologetic challenge to the opposition, getting more of your people elected, and the like, and he has failed categorically.