The NYT had an interesting story a few days ago regarding Majority Leader Bill Frist's efforts to keep the Republican majority in the Senate, headlined "Frist's Got the Cards, but He Ain't Betting the Senate." I'd forgotten the fact that Frist was an integral component of Republican successes in 2002 as head of the NRSC. Excerpt from the NYT piece:
The former transplant surgeon knows a little bit about political operations. Dr. Frist headed the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in 2002 when Republicans took back the majority; in the process, he built a base of support among his colleagues that helped propel him to the leadership slot after Senator Trent Lott was forced aside. Dr. Frist concentrated on recruiting well-known candidates such as Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina and Lamar Alexander in Tennessee during his tenure and said the key to the 2004 Senate elections remains settling on the most formidable candidate in a given race.
This explains Frist's planned campaign stops in South Dakota next month on behalf of John Thune. As the piece concludes, the Democrats "have to worry about their leader, Senator Tom Daschle, who faces a serious challenge at home in South Dakota."
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