Not only NO, but HELL NO !!!
Posted on 06/26/2005 8:53:16 PM PDT by RWR8189
By noon last Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist seemed done with John R. Bolton's nomination to be U.N. ambassador. Bustling from the Capitol to have lunch with President Bush, he told reporters he planned no further votes to try to end the Democrats' long-running filibuster of the embattled nominee.
But after his presidential chat, Frist announced he would keep trying, prompting newspaper headlines such as "Frist Reverses Himself," which his staff called unfair.
The next day, the Tennessee surgeon-turned-politician again seemed to wash his hands of Bolton. "It's really between the White House and Chris Dodd and Joe Biden," he said, naming two senior Democratic senators. At 11 p.m., however, he was working the phones, successfully urging another conversation between Biden and White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. But the late-night Biden-Card call did not resolve a dispute over documents at the heart of the Bolton impasse, and Frist had little to show for his work but negative news reports and political headaches.
"It's not easy being Senate majority leader," Robert J. Dole said in an interview Friday. The Kansas Republican knows it well. Like Frist, Dole learned the post is even harder when its occupant is running, or even thinking about running, for president. He resolved the conflict by resigning from the Senate in June 1996, though it did not save his campaign against President Bill Clinton.
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Frist? Come on. Get real.
Well, being a surgeon, he could cut his opponents open and perform autopsies. This is an advantage.
"No."
Agreed.
No. He's blown it as leader of 55 Senators so how could he expect to lead 300-million Americans?
Frist is not up to the task of Senate Majority leader. There's no way in hell you can persuade someone like biden by talking to him. You have to twist his arm. "Stop obstructing, or else." And then you have to put your money where your mouth is.
This is what all competent majority leaders have always done. Mike Mansfield was actually a nice guy, but if you crossed him, watch out. LBJ was an S.O.B., and if you crossed him, you were dead meat.
Why can't the Republicans understand that politics is hardball?
no,
nice man, maybe great doctor, lousy senate leader
"Is Frist Up to Task Of Being President?"
Are you kidding me? of course Frist can be elected president. If Bush was elected president, so can Frist, who is much, much more qualified than Bush.
Will he run though?
Frist is definitely one of the leading candidates for president.
1. He's a southern, Republican Christian.
2. He's pro-life
3. He has a high conservative rating by the ACU
4. He has access to immense wealth, donors, and political capital.
5. He is a surgeon, and he combines that with media-savvy and compassion to appear as the "ideal doctor."
6. He is very bright.
7. He gets considerable credit as being among those who engineered the Republican takeover of the Senate.
8. The current president likes him.
Given all the above, it could be predicted that Frist could hold the party together AND get the base, especially the religious/pro-life wing firmly behind him.
He needs to practice his media skills.
8.
Not only NO, but HELL NO !!!
Maybe if he can get his lips off Hill's and Durbin's donkey.
Agreed. George and Condi.
I always liked Senator Mitch McConnell from Kentucky -- he's fast on his feet, very smart and reasoned, and isn't at all intimidated by the liberal media horde. Doubt it will happen though...
NO! Frist is not a leader.
I like McConnell for Majority Leader after Frist steps down next year.
All you nay-sayers are turning a blind eye to Frist's most remarkable, earth-shaking, eye-popping accomplishment: he's made me miss Trent Lott.
Under what criteria?
Frist didn't even vote until he was in his mid 30's.
His entire background has been in medicine.
I'll grant that he has won 2 senate elections.
Bush had 2 wins as governor when he ran for president, but Bush also had a congressional run earlier and was involved in several campaigns before he became a governor.
Look, Frist was a real disappointment to conservatives and it's no surprise that the betrayal by the Non-Conservative Six, held him hostage. If you can't stand the heat as Senate Leader, never ever try to be President.
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