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Liberals be warned: Frist has developed the reputation of being a “good Republican,” a bipartisan moderate with a nice bedside manner. Although Frist’s time as a Senator hasn’t been marked with the ridiculous remarks the public has come to expect from such GOP greats as Rick Santorum or Trent Lott, one would be hard-pressed to find differences in their voting records on major issues. Frist is no John McCain. Further, any trace of moderation that Frist previously exhibited will be crowded out by his need to curry...
That leaves Frist in a bit of a bind. Bush's ambitious agenda for '05 is laden with issues that require bipartisan support, such as overhauling Social Security and medical-malpractice laws. But if Frist wants the top half of the '08 ticket, he will need backing from religious conservatives, who have explicitly tied their support to his efforts to get Bush's judges confirmed. "It is the ultimate test," evangelist Pat Robertson said last week at the National Press Club. "[Frist] cannot be a leader and allow Democrats to do what they did in the last session...
...former Barbour aide told me: “The thinking was that if we set a tone that encouraged bipartisanship, what would we be dealing with? Left-wing legislation with a patina of bipartisan cooperation. And what would be the result? More Democrat [sic] victories. We needed to show that Clinton and his party were governing in the wrong direction and therefore Republicans stubbornly opposed him and [the Democrats] couldn’t be trusted. It teed us up perfectly...
Ordinarily, of course, I would agree with those whom I’ve just called naïve. Ordinarily, I’m all for bipartisan cooperation and bridging differences. But this is no ordinary president. Anyone who falls short of 100 percent support for Bush is labeled “obstructionist,” brutally attacked as anti-God and anti-security, and targeted not just for defeat but for personal destruction. Short of switching parties, or making out with the president Joe Lieberman-style, “obstructionist” is something any Democratic leader would have been...
...sponsor of the resolution, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., told The Crimson that the vote demonstrated the “strong bipartisan support” behind the Solomon Amendment...