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...blueprint was born in the spring of 2001 in the private upstairs dining room of La Brasserie on Capitol Hill. Frist and his political director, Mitch Bainwol, ran through a PowerPoint presentation for Rove and majority leader Trent Lott that was based on some quiet polling in 10 key states. They had tested the names of potential Republican candidates--some of whom hadn't even decided to run. In Minnesota, former Democrat and St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, who was planning a bid for Governor, actually looked as though he could knock off Paul Wellstone if he could be persuaded...
...them less likely to vote for a Democrat--and 67% of independents said they felt that way. One Democrat who quickly sensed that the service was a political disaster was Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, a possible 2004 presidential contender. The next morning Kerry called Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, who had been booed at the memorial, to tell him how bad he felt. Penn believes national security was ultimately a bigger issue. His poll shows a stunning 65% of voters thought Democrats weren't supportive enough of the President's war on terror. "That was the issue," says Penn...
Republican leader Trent Lott will press for the G.O.P. version of a Medicare prescription-drug benefit that would work through private insurers. The drug industry likes it because it is less likely to lead to price controls. Democrats oppose the measure and prefer a government-administered benefit. Drug industry--backed groups like the United Seniors Association spent millions this fall on advertising that benefited G.O.P. candidates. A Republican-sponsored, less expansive version of a patient's bill of rights also has the edge...
...Happily, it looks like no one will have to miss their holiday turkey - Sunday morning, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott announced he was confident the President would have a bill by the end of this week. Later that day, leading Democrats and Republicans came forward with plans for a compromise that would provide congressional mediation for disputes over changes to union rules, and Tuesday, moderates on both sides were reported to have reached a "tentative agreement." Labor union leaders and Tom Daschle are said to be "not pleased" with the compromise language...
...private he couldn't hide his relish over returning to power. Sen. Pat Roberts, who's in line to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee and who's eager to have that post, phoned Lott shortly after Cheney's call to smooze. The two men set up a lunch in the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria that day. Lott planned to give Roberts the post, but he decided that when he met Roberts for lunch, the first words out of his mouth would be: "I'm going to make you chairman of the Ethics Committee" a panel most members detest...