An excellent question for Bill Frist

Robert Novak relates an interesting exchange between Phyllis Schlafly and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist at the GOP convention:

Conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly responded to a conciliatory gesture by Sen. Bill Frist by gently suggesting that he should be as tough in his day job as Senate majority leader as he was in chairing the platform committee at the Republican National Convention.

 

Schlafly had grumbled that Frist acted like an old-fashioned Soviet Communist in blocking her efforts to modify the immigration and stem-cell research planks. After the platform was wrapped up, Frist approached her to make some friendly remarks. Schlafly responded, with a smile: "I have only one question. Why can't you run the Senate this way?" Frist has been criticized for not being more effective as majority leader.

Given that the minority party has been walking all over the majority party in the current Senate, I would say that Schlafly's question is right on the money.