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By Nate H Posted in Fillibuster — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

In an essay at National Review Online, Robert Moran says Sen. Frist needs to step up to the plate and take control of the Senate, in an effort to rebut the Democrats obstruction tactics.

Harry Reid has 45 votes at his disposal. (I count Vermont turncoat Jeffords as an adjunct to the Democrat caucus.) But Reid, who is already talking tough on filibustering "privatization," has several members up for reelection in 2006 that may not be easy to keep on the reservation. Sure, he can hold his caucus together on a gentlemanly filibuster, but can he hold them together through an actual filibuster, the grueling 19th-century test of wills with cots in the Senate for sleepy elder statesmen? Will the vulnerable red-state Democrats in his caucus (Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Kent Conrad) really want the lasting image of their careers to be vote-blocking, 3 A.M. nonsense-talking, and a grinding standstill?

Wishful thinking?