Those who claim that Senator McCain has forfeited the support of the Republican base by selling out his party must not realize that McCain never had the support of that base in the first place, as shown by their votes in the 2000 Republican primaries. Senator McCain has lost nothing. If Hillary Clinton is the Democrats' candidate in 2008, what alternative would the Republican base have? Vote for Hillary?
I don't think McCain (or Frist, for that matter) will be the nominee in 2008, but he has helped his prospects with the filibuster deal, not hurt them. Sowell loses me when he speculates that Senator Frist is too darned "humane and decent" to succeed in politics. Give me a break.
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One thing alone guarantees that Frist will never reach higher office: Have you ever heard him laugh? He has this whiney self-satisfied "a-heh heh" Peter Lorre thing. Hear that just once on TV and there's no presidency in his future.
"I don't think McCain (or Frist, for that matter) will be the nominee in 2008, but he has helped his prospects with the filibuster deal, not hurt them."
No Clark, McCain has neither helped nor harmed his chances for the 2008 nomination. Do you imagine that anyone in the US has even paid attention to this meaningless "kerfuffle"?
By 2007, even those very few who have paid attention will have forgotten.
Bartelson
I think a lot of the sort of people who vote in primaries, donate their time and money to the Republican party, read blogs and publications like National Review will and listen to talk radio remember this "kerfuffle" in two years. They already detest McCain, so he didn't harm himself with them. Now they have a reason to dislike Bill Frist, who is exposed for the empty suit that he is. I don't have a dog in this fight. The Republicans are ruining the country through debt and perpetual war and we will be better off if they lose in 2006 and 2008.
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