Has anyone thought about the fact that Frist has openly stated that he will not run as a senator again. He wants to be president in 2008 and he believes that this will put him there.
But it's not just that he needs the Dobsonites to get to the white house. If the nuclear option goes through and he becomes prez in 2008, he'll have little obstacles in his way to ram his agenda through. By then the fillibuster will be a sad memory and if there's still a Republican majority in the Senete, he can have EVERY cabinet member he wants, EVERY judge he wants, EVERY ambassador he wants, etc. This isn't just a general power grab, it's a very specific power grab by one man.