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To: sandintoes who wrote (684700)	6/5/2005 12:12:03 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

My recent impression of Frist is he is honest and a gentlemen but perhaps not tough enough to be a President in these days of hand to hand combat. He's, to me, more like a 19th century Politician, maybe early 20th Century. Personally, I have nothing against him, I just dont think he has the gonads to win. jdn

To: sandintoes who wrote (684700)	6/5/2005 12:36:34 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

<<Marshall Wittmann, a former aide to Mr. McCain who is now with the Democratic Leadership Council.>> As usual, it's the little things that reveal everything about the Mad Cow. A vast majority of Republicans want him in the 2008 primaries, to MAKE THEIR DAY...

To: sandintoes who wrote (684700)	6/5/2005 12:39:32 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

A perfect and concise description of the realty Frist faces... <<Frist argues that his vindication will come when Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor get their confirmations and he starts getting the legislative agenda through the Senate. But that's hardly vindication; that's simply meeting the standard set by the Seven Dwarves that undercut his leadership. If Frist cannot get up-or-down votes on all judicial nominees that come out of committee, then his vindication will completely elude him. If the Senate cannot come up with some workable plan on Social Security that includes private ownership options for a portion of payments -- an option that Congress already enjoys -- then his vindication will elude him. The GOP did not turn out in record numbers to give Frist a mandate to pork up a highway bill and reform bankruptcy legislation, nor did they contribute in record numbers to Senate campaigns to get 3 out of 16 judicial confirmations Senate floor votes.>>