If at Frist You Don't Succeed …

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is still at it. His number one priority is to invoke the nuclear option, but he hasn't been able to explain to the American people why it's a good idea to change 200 years of senate rules. The only reason seems to be that this is part of a partisan power grab.

Frist just wants to flex his own political power. He won't give up and insists on pushing this extreme, radical plan, even though members of his own Party disagree with him.

Frist claims "there are times in history where you have to change either the rules or the precedent…" yet he has not given any good reason to change the rules. [USA Today, 5-2-05]

Frist claims he is "running out of options," yet he has rejected a good faith compromise from Democrats.

"Changing the rules just to get what you want is not right, and it goes against our values as Americans," DNC Chairman Howard Dean said. "Democrats are going to fight against this abuse of power because we know our democracy works best when all the parties work together in the best interests of Americans."