Isn't Frist voting No on ANWR a slippery slope for him????

[stop the bleeding]

He usually walks step and step with the WH, and I know he did for procedural reasons, but can't the DEMS come out now and scream Flip Flopper or something like that.

[MaineDem]

1. He does it on every cloture vote they're losing

It's strictly procedural...as was mentioned in your other thread on this subject.

[IndyOp]

2. I don't think so - it is a powerplay - the GOP admires that,

and I don't think the DNC can sell it as 'flip-flopping' - maybe? :shrug:

[Geoff R. Casavant]

3. I gotta admit

I would love to see commercials talking about how Frist voted against a defense bill for our troops. Problem is, we Dems are stuck with too much intellectual honesty -- we know why he did it, and there's something in our souls that won't let us shade the truth that way.

[AllegroRondo]

4. Does he get to vote last?

[benddem]

5. this is just a procedural matter

he votes against cloture so he can call for another vote.

[aintitfunny]

7. He voted for it before he voted against it

as a procedural matter to enable him to bring it back to the floor for reconsideration.

[Daphne08]

6. It's procedural! n/t

[ticapnews]

8. Actually, considering the average voter couldn't understand Kerry

when he voted for the $87B before he voted against it, if he runs in '08 I think we could certainly run an ad that he voted against the troops and let him try to defend it. Sadly, most people can't/won't look into the details...