Nucular Fallout

Frist is doing badly, so far:

Indeed, probably the most damaging result of Frist’s strategic clumsiness and political pandering is that he has so often managed to bring out into the open the degree to which Republicans do not (and cannot) actually deliver for their religious-right base. A skilled Republican leader -- think of the president -- obscures the fact that GOP political success depends on never achieving anything for the constituency that provides the party its electoral muscle. Frist telegraphs it.